PSYCHOLOGICAL/PSYCHIATRIC IMPAIRMENT REPORT



PATIENT:_________________________________________________
SOCIAL SECURITY #:_______________________________________
DATE OF BIRTH:____________________________________________________

To the Doctor:
Please complete the following report attaching copies of lab reports. Please use the back of the form if additional space is needed.

1.

Does this patient suffer from a psychological or psychiatric impairment?
Yes ______ No _______

 A.What is the current diagnosis? Use DSM II, if applicable:




 B.On what date was the diagnosis first made? ________________
 
C.

What is the date of onset, if different? _________________
 
D.

How long have you been treating the condition? ________________
 
E.

What is the date of the most recent examination? ________________

2.

Has the patient ever undergone psychological testing? Yes ______ No _______

If so, please indicate that test given and the results (including sub-test scores where applicable):

TEST

SCORES
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
3.Please circle as many of the recurring clinical manifestations/symptoms as are applicable to this patient.

 A.Organic Mental Disorders (Brain Dysfuntions)
  Time/place disorientation
  Memory impairment
  Perceptual or thinking disturbances
  Mood disturbance
  Emotional disturbance
  Emotional lability
  Impulse control impairment
  Loss of measured intelligence of at least 15 I.Q. points
 
B.

Psychotic Disorders (Schizophenia, Paranoia, etc.)
  Delusions
  Hallucinations
  Grossly disorganized behavior
  Catatonia
  Blunt affect
  Flat affect
  Incoherence
  Loosening of associations
  Illogical thinking
  Emotional withdrawal
  Emotional isolation
 
C.

Affective Disorders (Mood Disturbances)
DepressiveManic
AnhedoniaHyperactivity
Weight lossPressures of speech
Sleep lossFlight of ideas
Psychomotor agitationInflated self esteem
Psychomotor retardationDecreased need for sleep
Decreased energyEasy distractability
Feelings of guiltSuicidal thoughts
Feelings of worthlessnessHallucinations
Acting without regard to likely
painful consequences
Delusions
Suicidal thoughtsParanoid thinking
Difficulty concentrating
or thinking
 
 
D.

Anxiety Related Disorders
  Motor tension
  Automatic hyperactivity
  Apprehensive expectation
  Vigilance and scanning
  Agoraphobia
  Irrational fears and avoidance of an object, activity, or situation
  Weekly, severe panic attacks
  Recurrent obsessions of compulsions
  Recurrent, intrusive recall of traumas
 
E.

Somatoform Disorders
  Persistent non-organic disturbance of (select one):
  visionhearing
  speechuse of limb
  other (e.g. psychogenic seizures) 
  
OR
 
  Exaggerated interpretation of physical signs.
  
OR
 
  Pain and preoccupation with a disease.
 
F.

Personality Disorders
  SeclusivenessPathological dependence
  Autistic thinkingPathological passivity
  Pathological suspicionPathological hostility
  Pathological aggressiveness 
  Oddities of thought, perception, speech and behavior.
  Unstable interpersonal relationship with damaging behavior.

 
G.

Mental Retardation and Autism Disorders
  Dependence on others for personal needs.
  Deficit in social and communicative skills.
  I.Q. less than 99.
  I.Q. 60 and 69, inclusive.

4.Are there certain situations which "cause" or "trigger" the symptoms noted in 3? If so, please describe them briefly on a separate sheet or narrative report.

  ____________________Encounter with other people
  ____________________Encounter with groups of people
  ____________________Parties or other Social Functions
  ____________________Work setting
  ____________________At Home with Family
  ____________________At School
  ____________________Travel
  ____________________Other - Please Identify

5.

Does this illness restrict daily activities? Yes _____ No _____.
If yes, please explain:




6.Does this illness cause any marked differences in maintaining social functioning?
Yes _____ No _____    If yes, please describe:




7.Has this illness caused deficiencies of concentration and of persistence resulting in frequent failure to complete tasks? Yes _____ No _____.
If yes, please describe (include work setting examples):




8.Has this illness caused repeated episodes of deterioration or decompensation in work or worklike situations which require the individual to withdraw from that situation and/or to experience exacerbation of signs and symptoms? Yes _____ No _____.
If so, please describe and state frequency:





9.Is this patient's living situation a highly structured and supportive setting?
Yes _____ No _____.
If not, does the patient need such a setting? Yes _____ No _____. If so, how will the patient function outside of this setting?





10.Is this patient's illness under control such that she/he is able to work in a non-sheltered work setting? Yes _____ No _____.   If so, please explain:





11.Only answer #11 if patient is psychotic. Do you consider this patient able to work even when she/he is not actively psychotic? Yes _____ No _____.
If so, please explain:





12.How is this patient treated for this illness? (Please indicate frequency and type of therapy; as well as name, strength, and frequency of medication):





13.What, if any, functional restrictions are caused by prescribed medication?





14.What has been the patient's response to treatment and what is your prognosis?





15.Other Comments:





16.From what other medical or psychological conditions does the patient suffer in addition to those described above?





17.Are you treating these conditions? Yes _____ No _____.





Date Report Completed: ______________________________
Signature of Physician: ______________________________
Physician Name: ______________________________
Address: ______________________________
Telephone: ______________________________
Specialty: ______________________________

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