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Important items of mental state examination
Appearance: attire, cleanliness; posture and gait Behaviour: facial expression; cooperation or aggression; activity, agitation, level of arousal (including physiological signs) Speech: form and pattern; volume and rate; is it coherent, logical and congruent with questioning? Mood: apathetic, irritable, labile; optimistic or pessimistic; thoughts of suicide; do reported experience and observable mood agree? Thought: particular preoccupations; […]
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