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==Physical Examination== | ==Physical Examination== | ||
Physical examination of patients with [[major depressive disorder]] is usually normal. | Physical examination of patients with [[major depressive disorder]] is usually normal. | ||
A [[mental status examination]] may provide valuable information in patients with [[major depressive disorder]] | A [[mental status examination]] may provide valuable information in patients with [[major depressive disorder]]: <ref>{{cite book | last = Boland | first = Robert | title = Kaplan & Sadock's synopsis of psychiatry | publisher = Wolters Kluwer | location = Philadelphia | year = 2022 | isbn = 1975145569 }}</ref> | ||
*'''General appearance:''' | *'''General appearance:''' | ||
**Psychomotor agitation or retardation | **Psychomotor agitation or retardation | ||
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*'''Insight and judgment''': | *'''Insight and judgment''': | ||
**Impaired | **Impaired | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Overview
Physical examination of patients with major depressive disorder is usually normal.
Physical Examination
Physical examination of patients with major depressive disorder is usually normal. A mental status examination may provide valuable information in patients with major depressive disorder: [1]
- General appearance:
- Psychomotor agitation or retardation
- Poor eye contact
- Tearful
- Inattentive to personal appearance
- Affect:
- Constricted or labile
- Mood:
- Depressed
- Irritable
- Frustrated
- Sad
- Speech:
- Little or no spontaneity
- Monosyllabic
- Long pauses
- Soft, low monotone
- Thought content:
- Suicidal ideation
- Obsessive rumination
- Pervasive feelings of hopelessness, helplessness, worthlessness, guilt
- Somatic preoccupation
- Indecisiveness
- Poverty of through content
- Mood-congruent hallucinations and delusions
- Cognition:
- Distractile
- Difficulty concentrating
- Poor memory
- Apparent disorientation
- Impaired abstract thinking
- Insight and judgment:
- Impaired
References
- ↑ Boland, Robert (2022). Kaplan & Sadock's synopsis of psychiatry. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer. ISBN 1975145569.