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MENTAL STATUS

LOC ( AROUSAL) IS PT ALERT OR SLEEPY, IF SLEEPY CANNOT DO MENTAL STATUS

ATTENTION/CONCENTRATION _ ATTENTION IS ABILITY TO FOCUS AND DIRECT COGNITIVE PROCESSES AND RESIST DISTRACTION

CONCENTRATION IS ABILITY TO SUSTAIN ATTENTION OVER A PERIOD OF TIME.

INTERVIEW- OT UNABLE TO FOCUS, DISTRACTED BY OTHER STIMULI, RAMBLES, LOSE TRAIN OF THOUGHT.

DIGIT SPAN FORWARD TEST-RECITE SOME DIGITS AT RATE OF ONE/SEC

PT REPEATS BACK IN SAME ORDER, INCREASE TO 7 DIGITS

NORMAL FORWARD SPAN IS 7 DIGITS -/+ 2- HIGH SENS + SPEC

OTHER TESTS ARE 7 FROM 100, WORLD BACKWARDS, MONTHS OF YEAR IN REVERSE-NOT SPECIFIC

MEMORY

THREE WORDS, 5-10 MINUTE RECALL-RECENT MEMORY

REMOTE

PRESIDENTS BACKWARDS, IMPORTANT HISTORICAL EVENTS, POPULAR TV SHOWS, PERSONAL IF INDEPENDENT VERIFIER PRESENT

POOR MEMORY- WHITE MATTER DAMAGE, KORSAKOFF SYNDROME ( ETOH) CONFABULATE, FRONTAL LOBE DAMAGE

LANGUAGE

FUENCY,LISTEN FOR GRAMMAR, RATE, EASE OF PRODUCTION. ASKED TO GENERATE AS MANY WORDS AS POSSIBLE IN SHORT SPACE OF TIME, EG ANIMALS, F WORDS. CUT OFF 12 FOR ANIMALS, 10 FOR F WORDS-CATEGORY FLUENCY IS TEMPORAL LOBE DAMAGE, LETTER FLUENCY IS FRONTAL LOBE DAMAGE

CONTENT LANGUAGE ERRORS- LOOK UPTODATE

COMPREHENSION- START ONE COMMAND , MOVE TO 3, READ AND WRITE A SINGLE SENTENCE

VISUOSPATIAL

PTS WITH DIFF LOSE THINGS, GET LOST,HAE DIFFICULTY NAVIGATIING EVEN FAMILIAR TERRAIN, VISUOSPATIAL NEGLECT IS CVA. ? BRAIN DYSFUNCTION IN NON DOMINANT PARIETAL LOBE

PRAXIS

FOLLOW COMMANDS-FOLD PAPER INHALF PUT IT IN ENVELOPE

EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING

PRE FRONTAL CORTEX

IMPAIRED INSIGHT AND JUDGEMENT ARE EARLY SIGNS

EG DIFFICULY W EVERYDAY ACTIVITIES > COGNITIE DEIFICTS

WORKING MEMORY TESTS AS THEY ARE MORE COMPLEX DRAW ON EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING, EG 100- 7S

STROOP TEST

MOOD AND THOUGHT CONTENT

ASK FAMILY MEMBERS

DEPRESSION-WITHDRAWN AFFECT, COG IMPAIRMENT, POOR EYE CONTACT, TEARFULNESS, OR EMOTIONAL BLUNTING

APATHY AND DEPRESSION ARE DIFFERENT

PSUEDOBULBAR PALSY- TEARFULNESS/LAUGHTER ARE DISPROPORTIONATE, TBI , MS EUPHORIA CAN MASK DEPRESSION

THOUGHT CONTENT- ABNORMAL INTRUSIONS, PERSEVERATIONS, DELUSIONS HALLUCINATIONS ,MOOD AND BEHAVIOR CAN BE CAPTURED IN SCREENS BECK DEPRESSION, NEUROPSYCHIATRIC INVENTORY

MMSE, moca MORE SENSITIVE TO MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT

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Katherine E.

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