Mental State Assessment BATOMI and Medications: An Introduction

1. Mental State Assessment(BATOMI)and Medications: An Introduction

2. Mental State Assessment(BATOMI)

3. Mental State Assessment: Definition A mental status examination (MSE) is an assessment of a patient's level of cognitive (knowledge-related) ability, appearance, emotional mood, and speech and thought patterns at the time of evaluation.

4. Mental State Assessment:Purpose. The purpose of a mental status examination is to assess the presence and extent of a person's mental impairment. The cognitive functions that are measured during the MSE include the person's sense of time, place, and personal identity; memory; speech; general intellectual level; mathematical ability; insight or judgment; and reasoning or problem-solving ability.

5. BATOMI:The Simple Way to Assess B = Behaviour A = Affect � How they look Mood � How they say they are Appearance � attitude, dress. T = Thought � Flow / Content Talk (speech) � Content / Process O = Orientation M = Memory I = Insight / Intellect

6. B = Behaviour Self caring � impaired, neglectful, disheveled, obsession with appearance. Eye contact � staring, looking into space (day dreaming), seeing �invisible� objects, avoiding eye contact, strange movements. Agitation � Shouting, unable to keep still, hand wringing (anxiety), pulling at hair, head banging, biting nails. Motor retardation � Catatonic, drug induced. Tremor / dyskinesia / Dystonia

7. B = Behaviour (2) Activity � repetitive / obsessive behaviours, isolating, withdrawn, overly-social, overtly sexual, aggressive, paranoid, mute, so on� Waxy flexibility: Remains in positions found in. Stereotypies / Tics / Mannerisms

8. A = Affect / Mood Psychiatric Terms Normal Words

Mental State Assessment BATOMI and Medications: An Introduction

Mental State Assessment BATOMI and Medications: An Introduction

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