In the initial stage in attending the patients by the psychiatric students, there are different tools to access the mental health of the patients such as case study, mini mental status examination, interview, etc.....hence there is a need of understanding about accessing the mental health of the patients by the trainee
Dear Vignesh Waran,
Case study is a study on a certain patient with relevant, unic, or interesting example of conditions/simptoms. It is a type of research approach and results presenting (for example, article type), not the tool.
Whereas Mini Mental Status Examination (MMSE) is a specific tool to evaluate cognition, particularly its severe impairments. MMSE is widely used in Alzheimer and Dementia studies.
In your field, case study can be based on MMSE, as well as on other tools like MoCa test, or Mini-Cog, etc.
Thank for ur valuable time to clearing my query !! Anastasia Peshkovskaya
As was stated earlier, a case study is a type of research report on a particular individual typically one who is representative of someone having a given condition or an exceptional case that is different.
A mental status evaluation typically considered the functioning or state of the individual at the present time. The tasks typically involve the ability to perform specified tasks and memory challenges.
Other diagnostic assessments tend to determine whether an individual meets diagnostic criteria for specific disorders. Those disorders may or my not manifest specific criteria at the time of the interview. For example, persons with substance use disorders may have exhibited behaviors (e.g., withdrawal, attempts to reduce use, role obligation failures, etc.) indicating a diagnosis for a given substance, but may not be exhibiting any symptoms at the time of the assessment.
In a Psychiatric (hospital) set-up, case study helps a psychiatrist/psychologist get a better idea about the patient/client's condition through self or through informants/care-givers. It includes the family set-up, observations made by the family members of the client and his condition and more-importantly the reality picture of the client's condition especially if the client shows psychotic symptoms where he/she would have lost touch with reality.
On the other hand, a MSE/MMSE is conducted to understand the client's cognitive position at the moment, like mentioned by Mr. Hoffman. If there are any cognitive discrepancies observed through MSE/MMSE. a detailed assessment related to the symptom may be carried-out.
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