Mnemonic is ASEPTIC
A = Appearance/Behaviour
Dress / Grooming / Hygiene
Gait
Psychomotor activity
Abnormal movements
Eye contact
Attitude
S = Speech
Rate, Rhythm, Tone, Volume, Clarity and quantity
E = Emotion (mood and affect)
Mood, Affect, Congruent?, quality, range, stability
P = Perception
Hallucinations (auditory/visuaal/olfactory), Illusions, Depersonalisation, Derealisation
T = Thought content and process
Process (connected thoughts? tangential? circumstantial (off topic)?)
Content (delusions, obsessions, compulsions, suicidal, homicidal)
Possession
I = Insight and judgement
Good/partial/poor
Judgement on decisions
C = Cognition
Consciousness (e.g. alert, confused)
Orientation (PPT)
Attention/concentration
Memory
Intelligence
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