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FBS: 90 mg/dL
Paranoid Schizophrenia
Hyperlipidemia
Pravastatin
DSM IV TR:
+AH resulting in social/occupational dysfunction Hx of multiple episodes >1 month duration in a 6 month period
AXIS:
I: Paranoid Schizophrenia III: Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension and Hyperlipidemia IV: Lives alone, unemployed V: GAF 31-40
Social History
50 yrs.-old
Unemployed Admission MH-5 Chief Complaint: +AH, +SI Assessment Asst Tool: Suicide Risk Score: 2, No risk
Per Client
I have a mental illness. Its difficult. It started when I was young, but this has never happened before with voices in my head. The voices are kind of like chanting and they manipulate things, like the TV.
Limitations:
Per Client: Im forgetful. Per Observation: Clients affect is blunted and appears to be experiencing poverty of speech. Per Staff: Although client is able to perform ADLs, he requires frequent reminders to perform hygienic self-care.
Strengths:
Per client: I am independent. Per Observation: Client actively participates in group activities and is appropriate with peers and staff. Per Staff: Client is pleasant within the milieu and approachable; nonimpulsive. Client is able to verbalize needs.
MSE:
Behavior: Calm and appropriate with staff and peers. Affect: Blunted Sensorium: +Auditory Hallucinations Imagery: Disheveled, unkempt Cognition: Inhibited with poverty of thought
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