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Symptom
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A subjective sensation that the person feels from the disorder
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Sign
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An objective abnormality that you as the examiner could detect on physical examination or in laboratory reports
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PQRSTU mnemonic
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P: Provocative or Palliative
Q: Quality or Quantity R: Region or Radiation S: Severity Scale T: Timing U: Understand Patient's Perception |
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What does the P stand for in PQRSTU?
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Provocative or Palliative. What brings it on? What were you ding when you first noticed it? What makes it better? Worse?
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What does the Q stand for in PQRSTU?
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Quality or Quantity. How does it look, feel, sound? How intense/severe is it?
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What does the R stand for in PQRSTU?
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Region or Radiation. Where is it? Does it spread anywhere?
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What does the S stand for in PQRSTU?
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Severity Scale. How bad is it (on a scale of 1 to 10)? Is it getting better, worse, staying the same?
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What does the T stand for in PQRSTU?
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Timing. Onset - Exactly when did it first occur? Duration - How long did it last? Frequency - How often does it occur?
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What does the U stand for in PQRSTU?
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Understand Patient's Perception of the proble. What do you think it means?
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HEEADSSS mnemonic
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H - Home environment
E - Education and employment E - Eating A - peer-related Activities D - Drugs S - Sexuality S - Suicide/depression S - Safety from injury and violence |
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Mental disorder
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A significant behavioral or psychologicalpattern that is associated with distress (a painful symptom) or disability (impaired functioning) and has a significant risk of pain, disability, or death, or a loss of freedom
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Organic disorder
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Due to brain disease of know specific orangic cause such as delirium, dementia, intoxication and withdrawal
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Affect
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Temporary expression of feeling or state of mind
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Recent memory
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Day to day events
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Remote memory
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Brings up years' worth of experiences
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