Mental Status Assessment Patient B.C. is A&O x3- person, place, and time. Patient appearance meets chronological age and is dressed appropriate for age, season and place. Clothing is clean but not pressed patient’s hair is clean but is not combed. Patient’s vital signs are within normal limits for her age and she denies any pain. Patient continuously rocks back and forth and often smacks her lips and talks to herself in a soft tone of voice. Patient’s mood seems anxious with constricted affect. No speech or articulation problems noted. Speech was clear and coherent but was easily distracted and withdrawn, often having paranoid ideas of the other patients and staff. There was minimal eye contact for long periods of time. Patient thought process
