General appearance
The following features of a patient's general appearance may have important psychiatric associations:
- general self-neglect:
- the patient is unwashed, untidy and ungroomed
- suggests alcohol addiction, chronic schizophrenia, dementia or drug addiction
- bright, gaudy clothing:
- suggests mania
- suggests mania
- emaciated:
- suggests depressive or anxiety disorder, anorexia nervosa or serious physical illness
- suggests depressive or anxiety disorder, anorexia nervosa or serious physical illness
- stooped, hunched, leaning forward:
- suggests depression
- suggests depression
- sitting on the edge of the seat, gripping the arms of the chair:
- suggests anxiety
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