Mental Status Exam Key Terms
Affect
Full/Broad Affect
Blunted/Flat Affect
Congruent Affect
Incongruent Affect
Mood
Euthymic Mood
Depressed/dysphoric Mood
Elated/Euphoric Mood
Labile
Anhedonia
Vegetative Symptoms
Thought Processes
Form of Thought
Logical/coherent Thought
Circumstantial Thought
Tangential Thought
Loose Associations
Flight of Ideas
Distractible
Preoccupied
Rumination
Latent
Racing Thoughts
Memory
Working Memory
Consciousness
Dissociation
Regression
Psychosis
Delusion
Bizarre Delusion
Control Delusion
Grandeur Delusion
Infidelity Delusion
Persecution Delusion
Reference Delusion
Erotomanic Delusion
Hallucinations
Hypnagogic hallucination
Hypnapompic hallucination
Responding to internal stimuli