Domains of the mental status examination
ASEPTIC
Gives a complete, ordered description of the patient at one moment.
A structure to record, not to interpret; it says nothing about diagnosis.
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ASEPTIC. It helps you recall: Domains of the mental status examination.
Appearance and behaviour
Speech
Emotion (mood and affect)
A: Appearance and behaviour; S: Speech; E: Emotion (mood and affect); P: Perception; T: Thought (form and content); I: Insight and judgement; C: Cognition.
It belongs to Psychotic disorders in Psychiatry.
A structure to record, not to interpret; it says nothing about diagnosis.
Gives a complete, ordered description of the patient at one moment.
Say it aloud, write it from memory tomorrow, then again in a week. Then test yourself on a Psychiatry question about Psychotic disorders.
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