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How to assess attention - Digit span test - patient is asked to repeat increasing lengths of numbers forwards, and then backwards. Serial sevens - patient is asked to start at 100 and subtract 7, t... hen keep subtracting 7 from each answer. How to assess abstract thinking - Ask about relatedness between objects (what is similar?) -Baseball and orange -Car and train -Desk and bookcase -Happy and sad Test proverbs (what do these mean?) -When the cats away, the mice will play -You can lead a horse to water but you cannot make him drink -Haste makes waste -Ignorance is bliss How to assess insight? - Insight is an understanding of their condition (including abnormal thoughts) Tell me about your illness and if it is worse now? What medications are you taking?How to assess judgement? - ...??? Empathetic responses - Communication t [Show More]
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