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Appearance, Behavior and Attitude Exam

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Appearance, Behavior and Attitude Exam, Personal Appearance, Observable Behavior, Observable Attitude

  • See Also
  1. Mental Status Exam
  2. Attention and Concentration
  3. Higher Integrative Function (Executive Function, Intellectual Function)
  4. Thought Process ( Thought Content, Thought Form, Delusion, Obsession, Abstract Thought)
  5. Speech Exam
  6. Affect Examination
  7. Insight and Judgement
  8. Memory Evaluation
  9. Orientation Exam
  10. Perception Exam ( Misperception, Illusion, Hallucination)
  • Exam
  1. Appearance
    1. Posture
    2. Clothing and grooming
    3. Old or young appearing
    4. Healthy or sickly appearing
    5. Angry, puzzled, frightened, anxious, contemptuous, apathetic
    6. Effeminate or masculine
  2. Behavior
    1. Mannerisms, gestures, twitches, picking, hand wringing
    2. Combative
    3. Psychomotor retardation
    4. Clumsy
  3. Attitude toward examiner
    1. Coperative or hostile
    2. Defensive, seductive, evasive, ingratiating
  • Interpretation
  1. Psychotic: Disheveled, odd, grimacing
  2. Schizophrenic: Stare or blank look
  3. Paranoid: Agitated or hostile
  4. Depressed: Psychomotor retardation or mute
  5. Histrionic: Seductive manner
  6. Restlessness is seen in anxiety, mania, drug or Alcohol Withdrawal
  • References
  1. Zum, Swaminathan and Egan in Herbert (2014) EM:Rap 14(7): 11-13
  2. Tomb (1992) Psychiatry, 4th Ed, Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, p. 6-11