5.1.Conducting a Mental Status Exam – Mania

5.1.Conducting a Mental Status Exam – Mania

The purpose of this assignment is to evaluate the patient and write up a mental status exam on what you observe in the attached video transcript.

Your assignment should include a detailed mental status exam write-up of that patient. The intent of this exercise is to help you to develop your skills in the assessment of a patient’s mental status and documentation of the mental status exam. Make sure you know the components of a thorough mental status exam prior to completing this assignment.

In addition, write a comprehensive discussion about your evaluation and rationale of the different components of your mental status exam of the patient.