PSYC 3083 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Socalled, Takers, Neuropsychological Assessment
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Intake interview- (first interview: at first contact, intake interview is done, speech & thought. ), etc. grandiose: consciousness, mood & affect, perception, obsessions & compulsions. Is prevailing mood sad, irritable, elated, appropriate. Mental status exam (mse: assesses current mental functioning, often conducted when individuals seen in er are admitted to psychiatric ward, ex of items: spell world backwards, serial 7s, orientation items, typically covers the following areas: gscmpoomagii. Neat, disheveled, stuporous (alcohol: attn & concentration. Can person name president, 6 large states. Level of education person attained; are questions in gen info concentrate: general info, intelligence sec answered well (treat someone who went to special needs classes differently than someone with a college degree) situation. Does person seem to have insight into current: insight & judgment. *****clinical uses of interviews ((need to know)) diagnosis, prognosis, treatment: diagnosis. Intervention (although both should be based on several kinds of information not on basis of interviews alone)
