Neuroimaging in Clinical Assessment — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE, also known as _____ test) is a score out of 30 and is used to measure cognitive impairment.

Answer: Folstein's

Flashcard 2: According to the Confusion Assessment Method (CAM) algorithm, which features must be present for a diagnosis of delirium?

Answer: 1. Acute onset and fluctuating course 2. Inattention (Both 1 and 2 are required) PLUS either: 3. Disorganized thinking 4. Altered level of consciousness

Flashcard 3: _____ judgment is assessed by asking the patient what he would do in hypothetical situations

Answer: Test

Flashcard 4: Insight is characteristically present in _____

Answer: neurosis (psychosis/neurosis)

Flashcard 5: The _____ is used for measuring and quantifying disability in mental illnesses.

Answer: IDEAS (scale)

Flashcard 6: _____ is a lint-picking behavior that is often a symptom of a delirious state, usually associated with Datura poisoning.

Answer: Carphologia

Flashcard 7: According to the CAM diagnostic algorithm, which features should be present so that delirium can be diagnosed ? _____

Answer: features 1 and 2 along with either 3 or 4

Flashcard 8: Rorschach's inkblot test, is a projective personality test that focuses on the _____ aspects of personality.

Answer: unconscious

Flashcard 9: _____ is the most crucial factor in art of interviewing

Answer: building of rapport

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Flashcard 10: IQ >_____ is classified as genius

Answer: 140

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