neurological assessment

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NEUROLOGICAL ASSESSMENTCOMMON INVESTIGATION IN PSYCHIATRY PSYCHOLOGICAL

TEST

DEFINITION

Neurological examination is a method of obtaining specific data in relation to the function of patient’s nervous system.

CRANIAL NERVE FUNCTION AND ASSESSMENTS

OLFACTORY

OPTIC VISION

OCULO-MOTOR

TROCHLEAR

TRIGEMINAL

ABDUCENS

FACIAL

AUDITORY

GLOSSO-PHARYNGEAL

VAGUS

SPINAL ACCESSORY

HYPOGLOSSAL

COMMON

IN PSYCHIATRY

ELECROENCEPHALOGRAPHYEEG is a diagnostic procedure that measures the physiological activity of the brain using multiple scalp electrodes and records each tracing on graph paper for interpretation.

CT SCANNINGCT is a non invasive diagnostic technology, gives accuracy and safety. CT Scanning combines the radiological technologies such as imaging and computer analysis to provide detailed images of thin cross section of the brain.

CT SCAN IN PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS

•Confusion

•Dementia of unknown cause

•First episode of psychosis of unknown origin.

•Prolonged catatonia.

•First episode of major affective disorder

•Personality changes after age 50.

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING

A magnetic image shows sharp and detailed cross section of living tissue, which provide not only anatomical information about the chemistry and physiology of living tissue

FUNCTIONS•Investigate a correlation between neural activity in wernickes area

•Thought process disorder in schizophrenia.

•Basal ganglia dysfunction in schizophrenia.

PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS

PSYCOLOGICAL TESTS

Psychological tests are specialized assessment procedure for determining such characteristics of individual as intellectual capacity, self concept, perception of environment, anxiety or depression, coping pattern and general personality integration.

COGNITIVE FUNCTION

•MEMORY Wechslers test

•ATTENTION AND CONCENTRATION Colour cancellation test Knox cube test

•INTELLEGENCE TEST

PERSONALITY TESTS

•Eysenck personality inventory

•Rorschach ink blot test

•Thematic apperception test

DIAGNOSTIC CLARIFICATION TEST

•Sentence completion test

•Drawn a person test

•Bender Gestalt test