“The client is a 44-year-old white male, was disheveled and unkempt on presentation to the hospital emergency room. He was wearing dirty khaki pants, an unbuttoned golf shirt, and white shoes and appeared modestly older than his stated age. His eyes were slightly bloodshot. During the interview, he was agitated and restless, frequently changing seats. He was impatient and sometimes rude in his interactions with this examiner. The client was oriented x 3, and made appropriate eye contact, but had pressured speech and poor insight.”
The most likely source of this statement might very of the choices below is:
Explanation
Answer - D - The Mental Status Exam is the source of the summary, since it contains questions pertaining to orientation, insight, movement, speech, and thought content. While these other inventories and summaries can be helpful in providing essential information, only the status exam contains questions regarding orientation. While it might also be common to find the status exam incorporated into summaries, it may be less accurate, since they are only taken in the beginning.
