MSE

Question 1

What is evaluated in MSE?

Answer 1

1. Appearance
2. Behaviour
3. Mood and Affect
4. Speech
5. Thought
6. Perception
7. Cognition
8. Insight

Question 2

What is a hallucination?

Answer 2

• it is a perception that occurs in the absence of an external stimulus

Question 3

What are the different forms of Auditory hallucination?

Answer 3

1. Second person Hallucination (voices which DIRECTLY addressed the patient)
2. Third Person Hallucination (voices which give a running commentary of the pt’s actions)
3. Thought Echo (pt experiences his own thought, voices it or repeats it out loud)

Question 4

When do VISUAL hallucinations occur?

Answer 4

• usually d/t ORGANIC impairment in the brain