Instructions for case-taking in the medical wards / London Hospital.

Date:
[1912?]
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Credit: Instructions for case-taking in the medical wards / London Hospital. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SPECIAL SCHEME. MENTAL STATE. (1) General. The aspect of the patient as modified by the mental disturbance. General attitude and behaviour. Any peculiarity in clothing. Does patient tend to strip himself or behave indecently ? Can he dress him- self ? How does he take his food ? General standard of intelligence. Can he read ? Can he write ? Can he amuse himself with pictures ? Speech as modified by the mental state. Is he destructive ? Is he dirty in his habits? If so, is it from inatten- tion, or is he actively dirty ? Masturbation, &c. Is he cataleptic or rigid? Does he make any rhyth- mical movements or sounds ? Steadiness of the hands. Overaction of muscles of face, &c. Does he sleep ? Does he tend to wander about the room or house at night ? (2) Sensory Phenomena. Illusions of Sight, Hearing, Smell, Taste. Subjective sensations of touch based upon wrong interpretation of some actual sensation. Hallucinations.