Mini Mental Status Exam Form

There is a broad variety of Mental problems. It’s fascinating and scary at the same time. Often the idea goes trough my mind, how would a mental problem feel like? Or: Is this mental or fantasy?I was also searching for this online, and found some interesting mental problems, such as the psychotic disorders. What I understood is that Psychotic disorders involve issues regarding one’s awareness and thinking. Which can be: hallucinations, hearing voices, delusions, and even Schizophrenia is an example of a psychotic disorder.I also found helpful suggestions in a mental health treatment plan is a document that contain and outlines the details of a client's current mental health issues and outlines the goals, targets and strategies that will assist the client in overcoming mental health issues. To obtain the information needed to complete a treatment plan, a health worker must interview the client. The information gathered during the interview is used to write the a complete treatment plan.Steps to proceed when setting up plan:A: Mental Health AssessmentGather information. A psychological evaluation is a fact-gathering session in which a mental health worker (counsellor, therapist, social worker, psychologist or psychiatrist) interviews a client about current psychological problems, past mental health issues, family history and current and past social problems with work, school and relationships.Follow the sections of the evaluation. Most health facilities provide the mental health worker with an template or form to complete during the interview.Note behavioural observations. The counsellor will conduct a mini-mental-status exam which involves observing the client's physical appearance and his or her interactions.Make a diagnosis. The diagnosis is the main focus. Sometimes a client will have multiple diagnoses such as both Major Depressive Disorder and Alcohol Use. Diagnoses must be complete before a treatment plan can be completed.B: Define goalsDetermine signNowable goalsOnce you have completed the initial assessment and made a diagnosis, you will want to think about what interventions and goals you might want to create for treatment.Think of interventions. The interventions are the meat of change in therapy. Your therapeutic interventions are what will ultimately evoke change in your client.Discuss goals with the client. After the initial assessment is conducted, the therapist and client will collaborate to create appropriate goals for treatment.Make concrete goals for treatment. The goals are also what make up a large component of the treatment plan. Use the SMART methodC: Setup the treatment planRecord the treatment plan's components. The treatment plan will consist of the goals that the counsellor and therapist has decided on. Many facilities have a treatment plan template or form that the counsellor will fill out. Part of the form may require that the counsellor check boxes that describe the client's symptoms.Write down the goals. Your goals need to be clear defined. Remember the SMART goals plan and make each goal specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and time-limited.Express specific interventions you will use. The counsellor will include treatment strategies the client has agreed to.Sign the treatment plan. Both the client and the counsellor sign the treatment plan to show that there is an agreement on what to focus on in treatment.Review and improve as needed. No plan in perfect. You will be expected to complete goals and make new ones as the client progresses in treatment. The treatment plan should include dates in the future that the client and counsellor will review the progress the client is making. Decisions to continue the current treatment plan or to make changes will be made at that time.Hope this was all interesting for you!Source: Mental Health Treatment Plan

I’m not aware of a list where they keep track how many people currently suffer from what. But I can present a few disorders that don’t occur very often compared to the well known ones like Depression. The two below are my “favorites”, as far as you can have favorites.Cotard’s Syndrome: This is a freaky one, also known as walking corpse syndrome. Here the patient believe (s)he is dead or doesn’t exist, yet still walks the earth. Some also experience that they are in an advanced state of decomposition or have lost all of their blood and organs. Strangely some also think they are immortal.Consequences of this delusion is that they disregard personal hygiene and health, which may lead to dangerous situations. It may sound familiar to people who watched Scrubs, they had this one in an episode as a side-joke.It’s still a bit of a mystery, but it has been linked to severe depression, sleep deprivation, and certain drug psychosis. But none have proven reliable.Capgras syndrome is another delusion. Here the patient firmly believes that everyone (s)he holds dear have been replaced by impostors (or aliens or demons). It’s strongly linked to schizophrenia but also occurs as the result of brain injury, dementia, and even things like diabetes. Curiously these patients are able to recognize loved ones on the phone, it is purely limited to facial recognition.What most likely happens is that the face is recognized by the patient, but the accompanying emotional response does not occur. So you see a face but you don’t feel the same type of familiarity, it feels cold and distant, not the person you know. This naturally leads to the idea that its an impostor, “something is not right”.There are more curious mental conditions, but they don’t really fit the category of mental illness. Things like Pica syndrome where patients eat things not meant for eating. Alien hand syndrome is incredible too, it’s a phenomena where the hand of split brain patients does its own thing, often working against the persons intention. But these are usually temporary symptoms and not full fledged mental illnesses.

The MUSE provides measures of orientation, registration (immediate memory), short-term memory (but not long-term memory) as well as language functioning. The examination has been validated in a number of populations.

Similar But Different. Both the MUSE and the MoCA are routine cognitive screening tests rated on a 30-point scale. They are both brief, though the MUSE is a little shorter, taking about seven to eight minutes to administer. The Mock takes approximately 10 to 12 minutes.

The mini mental state examination (MUSE) is a commonly used set of questions for screening cognitive function. This examination is not suitable for making a diagnosis but can be used to indicate the presence of cognitive impairment, such as in a person with suspected dementia or following a head injury.

The clock-drawing test is used for screening for cognitive impairment and dementia and as a measure of spatial dysfunction and neglect. It was originally used to assess visuo-constructive abilities but we know that abnormal clock drawing occurs in other cognitive impairments.

MMSE-2: Brief Version. Composed entirely of the Registration, Orientation to Time, Orientation to Place, and Recall tasks, the 16-point MMSE-2:BV can be used for clinical or research situations that call for a rapid cognitive screener that requires no stimuli for administration.