Perception: The organization, identification, interpretation of sensory information to
understand the world around us
*Hallucinations
visual ⬜auditory⬜tactile⬜gustatory⬜olfactory⬜
Sample Questions:
1. Do you see things that upset you?
2. Do you ever see/feel/hear/smell/taste things that are not really there? If so, when does it
occur?
3. Have you had any strange sensations in your body that others do not seem to have?
Thought content: When assessing thought content, consider the totality of your conversation
with the patient, what is being said and just as importantly, what is not sad
*Delusions (if any): fixed, false beliefs
grandiose⬜persecutory⬜somatic⬜illogical⬜chaotic⬜religious⬜
*Prone to SHEA
suicide⬜homicide⬜escape⬜assault⬜
*Other content
preoccupied⬜obsessional⬜guarded phobic suspicious guilty thought ⬜ ⬜ ⬜ ⬜ ⬜
broadcasting thought insertion ideas of reference⬜ ⬜
Sample Questions:
1. “What do you think about when you are sad/angry?”
2. “What’s been on your mind lately?”
Thought Process: Logic, relevance, organization, flow and coherence of thought in
response to general questioning during the interview
incoherent⬜Decreased thought flow⬜blocked⬜flight of ideas⬜loose⬜
racing⬜chaotic⬜concrete⬜tangential⬜circumstantial⬜
