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Psychiatric ROS - Mood, anxiety, psychosis, other
Psych ROS: Mood
-Depression - -MDD (SIGECAPS)
Sleep, interest, guilt, energy, concentration, appetite, psychomotor, agitation, or slowing,
suicidality, sexual fx
Psych ROS: Mood
-mania - Impulsivity, grandiosity, recklessness, excessive energy, decreased need for
sleep, increased spending beyond means, talkativeness, racing thoughts, hypersexuality
Psych ROS: Mood
Mixed other - Irritability, viability
Psych ROS: Anxiety - GAD, panic disorder, OCD, PTSD, social, anxiety, simple phobias
Psych ROS: anxiety -GAD - Where, wind, who, how long, how frequent
Psych ROS: Anxiety-panic disorder - How long until peak, somatic symptoms, including
racing heart, sweating, shortness of breath, trouble, swallowing, sense of doom, fear of
recurrence, agoraphobia
Psych ROS: anxiety obsessive, compulsive - Checking, cleaning, organizing, rituals,
hangups, obsessive, thinking, counting, rational versus irrational beliefs
Psych ROS Anxiety -PTSD - Nightmares, flashbacks, startle response, avoidance
Psych ROS: Anxiety social anxiety - Avoidance
Psych ROS anxiety simple phobias - Heights, planes, spiders
Psych ROS: Psychosis
-Types of delusions to ask about (5) - Hallucinations, paranoia, delusions, patient's
perception
, Psychosis: Hallucinations - Sensory perception without an actual stimulus
Auditory: usually in Schizophrenic patients
Visual: can be in Schizophrenia, drug intoxication or delirium
Olfactory: usually an aura associated with epilepsy
Tactile: usually secondary to drug use or alcohol withdrawal
Psychosis and paranoia - can occur with prolonged use of strong stimulants,
unreasonable fear
Psychosis and delusions - Fixed false beliefs.
Bizarre delusions is a false belief that is impossible (FBI has sent Aliens from area 57 after me).
Non-bizarre: can be possible (Neighbours are spying on me)
TV, radio, thought broadcasting, mind control, referential, thinking
Psychosis patient perception - Spiritual or cultural context of symptoms, reality testing,
conspiracy theories
Psych ROS other - ADHD
Eating disorder: binging, purging, excessive exercising
MSE - mental status examination- my parents and behavior, motor activity, speech,
mood, affect, thought content, thought process, perceptual disturbances
MSE: Appearance - build, posture, dress, grooming, level of alertness, facial expression,
attitude towards examiner, stated age
MSE: Behavior - Cooperative, agitated, disinhibited, disinterested-general statement of
whether patient is exhibiting acute distress and patient's approach to the interview
MSE: Motor Activity - Describes the client's physical movements.
Level of Activity: lethargic, tense, restless, or agitated.