PSYCHIATRIC OR MENTAL STATUS PHRASES & WORDS:
Explanation of Axis I to V:
Axis I: Clinical disorders, syndromes and/or other areas of concern
Axis II: Personality disorders and mental retardation
Axis III: Medical conditions (which may impact emotions)
Axis IV: Psychosocial stressors (death, divorce, loss of job, etc.)
Axis V: Global assessment of functioning.
COMMON PHRASES AND WORDS:
3-step command
able to spell "world" backwards
able to provide a correct year, month, date, day of the week, correct state, city
able to recite alphabet correctly in a timely manner and count backwards
able to maintain attention on the task at hand
able to name 2 out of 2 common objects and 5 out of 5 body parts
able to comprehend presented questions and commands correctly
ankle jerks
able to name objects, repeat phrases
able to process information
able to recall 3 out of 3 words
able to spell the word "world" backwards
affect was appropriate to content and normal in range
affect was blunted / affect was full range
affect was tearful / affect was euthymic
all 3 spheres
anhedonia
antisocial behavior
apathy, indifference
aphasia
ataxia
attention and concentration
auditory or visual hallucinations
awareness of current events
bradykinesia
bradyphrenia, bradykinesia, rigidity, psychomotor slowing
Broca's aphasia
buccofacial and ideomotor apraxia
cogwheeling, rigidity, spasticity
coordination and gait are intact
deep tendon reflexes are brisk and equal
delusional
demonstrated good recall
despondent
difficulty establishing and switching cognitive sets
disheveled
dysarthria
dysgraphia
dyskinetic movement
dysnomia, jargon or paraphasic errors
dysphoric mood
emotional dyscontrol, lability, over-excited behavior and irritability
expressive and receptive language
expressive aphasia
flight of ideas
Folstein Mini Mental status Exam
formal thought disorder
frontal release signs such as sucking, snout reflex, grasp, palmomental reflex, nuchocephalic and self-grasping were not elicited on testing
fund of knowledge
gait is narrow based or wide based
glabellar reflex
good vocabulary
grandiose ideation
grandiosity
grip strength
groomed
ideas of reference
impulse control
impulsivity, disinhibition
incoherent
insight and judgment
internally preoccupied
judgment and problem-solving abilities
knee jerks
knows the city and state
letter perception was intact
maintains eye contact / does not maintain eye contact
memory abstractions
mental status is intact in all four spheres
mental status is intact in all four spheres
mood appears depressed
mood was labile
new learning and delayed recall
no field cut to gross confrontation
no field cut to gross confrontation
no strange or odd posturing or mannerism
nonpressured speech
normal tone, bulk and power in all extremities
Novel motor programming
object perception
oriented to time, place, and person
palate moves symmetrically
palate moves up in the midline
paranoid
paresthesias
passive death wishes
paucity of thought
perceptual abnormalities
persecutory delusions
perseverations or stimulus bounded behavior
plantar reflexes are flexor bilaterally
plantar responses
poor historian
postictal confusion
postural tremor
poverty of content
poverty of speech
psychomotor dysfunction
psychotic symptoms
pupils are _____ (2, 3, or 4) mm and reactive
rapport seemed adequate
rate, volume and prosody of speech
reaction time to questions
reality testing was intact
recent and remote memory
recognition of low-level words
redirectable
reduplicative paramnesia
response to internal stimuli
responses were linear
restraints
Romberg
sense of hopelessness
sensorium
Sensory exam: All modalities are intact
serial 3s
serial 7s
shoulder shrugs
somatic delusions
speech was clear, coherent, and goal directed
speech was normal rate, tone, volume
staring into space
stream of mental activity was logical, relevant, coherent
stressors
suicidal or homicidal ideation
switching cognitive sets
tactile discrimination
tangential thoughts
thought process was goal directed
thought blocking
tongue protrudes to the midline
trend of thought
trouble with word finding
unintelligible and illogical
vision was notable for floaters
visual fields are full to threat
visual fields were full and tactile localization was intact
visual withdrawal
visuoconstruction and visuomotor integration
Wernicke's aphasia
word salad and loose associations
word substitution
