week 5 assignment 1
Encounter with the Friend
General appearance: Middle aged African American male, good posture, with eye contact, smiling, dress not disheveled, dresses appropriately with hoodie and a cap, good grooming no abnormal mannerism and tics noted.
Behavior alert and cooperative
Attitude: positive and optimistic attitude
Mood: cheerful, expresses excitement “we are having a baby! I cannot waitâ€
Affect: appropriate affect, euthymic, full range, supple or stable affect, expression is appropriate type, smiles often.
Speech: normal speed of speech, normal rhythm, articulation, volume, accent and tone. No significant latency in response, Production is normal.
Thought process: linear, logical, goal-directed and organized.
Thought content: no apparent delusional thoughts and preoccupations, no hallucinations, no suicidal ideation, no obsessions, and no phobia cited
Insight: good insight about situation, good awareness about becoming a father
judgment: good decision-making, expresses intent to move to a new apartment, a bigger one to accommodate the new baby.
Cognition: conscious, alert, oriented to time, place, and person, good memory recall and is able to recall past events, has good visuospatial functioning, can count back in serial 3’s, abstract and concrete understanding assessed, able to draw.
