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That was the whole sentence. It was under the "assessment" part of the note. The patient was

Posted By: lm on 2006-02-16
In Reply to: atypical psycyotic or antipsychotic ) sm - Txczech

Subject: That was the whole sentence. It was under the "assessment" part of the note. The patient was 48. Thanks for your help. Any other ideas??




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PSYCHIATRIC:  The patient was alert and oriented x3 with a somewhat depressed and scattered mood, being very jumpy and quickly agitated by minimal movements or pressures in various areas such as supporting the leg while doing musculoskeletal motor examination for neurologic examination.  The patient definitely showed some ____________________ symptoms through our examination.  When the idea of psychiatric help in this manner was brought up in this case, the patient seemed almost excited to know this was a coming event.