Diagnostic Tests for Personality change
Diagnostic Test list for Personality change:
The list of diagnostic tests
mentioned in various sources as
used in the diagnosis of Personality change
includes:
- Mental state examination - including appearance, behavior, rate and continuity of speech, mood, affect, thought content, evidence of any hallucinations or abnormal beliefs, orientation to time, place and person, attention and concentration, short-term memory, insight and judgement - Can help diagnose depression, anxiety and psychosis.
- Mini-mental state examination - if dementia is suspected test memory and cognitive function.
- Physical examination
- Signs of delirium? - examine for signs that personality change may be due to delirium rather than mental illness or dementia ( e.g. temperature, neck stiffness may suggest meningitis, encephalitis or subarachnoid hemorrhage; neurological examination to look for focal neurological signs and papilledema may suggest stroke, brain cancer or traumatic brain injury).
- If suspect multi-infarct dementia, examine for signs of vascular pathology e.g. high blood pressure, signs of previous strokes
- Blood tests (if warranted)
- Full blood count and ESR for evidence of infection and inflammation
- Electrolytes and renal function tests
- Blood sugar
- Liver function tests
- Thyroid function tests
- Vitamin B12 and folate levels
- Syphilis and HIV screening, if appropriate
- Blood cultures, if fever of unknown origin
- Viral serology tests
- Serum cortisol and cortisol suppression test, if suspect Cushing's syndrome
- Serum FSH and estradiol level, if suspect menopause
- Epstein-Barr serology (post-infective state may present with depression-like symptoms)
- ANA antibody to detect lupus erythematosus
- Urine tests
- Urine analysis
- Urine microscopy and culture - especially in elderly to rule out a urinary tract infection as a cause of delirium and personality change.
- Urine drug screen - consider if suspect illicit drug abuse.
- Radiological investigations
- CT Scan Brain - to rule out brain cancer, stroke, traumatic brain injury and signs of dementia.
- Electroencephalogram (EEG) - to rule out temporal lobe epilepsy as a cause of personality changes.
Home Diagnostic Testing
These home medical tests may be relevant to Personality change causes:
- Child Behavior: Home Testing
- Mental Health (Adults): Home Testing
- Home Drug Tests
- Smoking-Related Disorders: Home Testing:
- Mental Health: Home Testing:
- Brain & Neurological Disorders: Related Home Testing:
Conditions listing medical symptoms: Personality change:
The following list of conditions
have 'Personality change' or similar
listed as a symptom in our database.
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of any symptom.
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Conditions listing medical complications: Personality change:
The following list of medical conditions have 'Personality change'
or similar listed as a medical complication in our database.
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