How to Conduct a Comprehensive Mental Status Examination
How to Conduct a Comprehensive Mental Status Examination is organized by National Board of Forensic Evaluators (NBFE), Inc.
Start Date: 04 Mar 2019
End Date: 03 Mar 2029
Credits: 1 hour of continuing education
Description:
The purpose of the MSE is to obtain a comprehensive cross-sectional description of the patient's mental state, which, when combined with the biographical and historical information of the psychiatric history, allows the clinician to make an accurate diagnosis and formulation, which are required for coherent treatment. Many mental health professionals are under-trained on how to conduct--as well as how to report--a MSE. In fact, the MSE section of the forensic mental health evaluation report is one of the most commonly rejected section in NBFE's oral examination. If you're not 100% confident that you can conduct and report a quality MSE, then this webinar is for you! This "on demand" webinar is a recording from an event filmed with a live webinar audience on 3/1/19.
Learning Objectives:
• Distinguish between some commonly confused terms, such as affect v. mood, insight v. judgment, hallucinations v. delusions.
• Describe intelligently the presentation of a patient with psychiatric symptoms.
• Review examples of language and terminology when writing the MSE.
• Identify appropriate screening tools to assist with the MSE.
• Learn to write normal (negative) and abnormal (positive) MSEs.
Additional details will be posted as soon as iformation is available.