Instructions:: Worksheet: Mental Status Examination
Instructions:: Worksheet: Mental Status Examination
Instructions:
1. Click the link provided and keenly watch:
2. Assume that the patient seen on the video provided is your patient and you are the
assessor.
3. Skill Development:
a. Note all the cues observed, heard and claimed by the patient.
b. Write an MSE of the patient following the outline of MSE.
4. There are one or two assessment criteria not given on the video provided. If so, just
indicate “NOT MEASURED ON THE GIVEN VIDEO”
5. Any concerns or questions, please do not hesitate to message your assigned Clinical
Instructors
6. Point system: (Perfect Score = 20 points)
Per element of MSE
a. Completely / Correctly Described = 2 points
b. Incompletely / Incompletely Described = 1 points
c. Not Described = 0 points
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA-fqvC02oM
(9-minute video viewing)
III. ATTITUDE
IV. SPEECH
V. AFFECT & MOOD (Describe the congruence of patient’s affect to his mood)
VII. ORIENTATION (Time, Place, People and Event - State specific assessment if evaluated as either
oriented or disoriented)