Title: Psychiatric Assessment and Treatment Planning
Abstract: This chapter presents the elements of a psychiatric assessment. After hearing the patient’s chief complaint, the physician elicits the patient’s history of the present illness (a chronological, systematic description of the patient’s signs and symptoms) past psychiatric history, medical history, psychosocial history, family history, and review of systems. The physician also obtains the patient’s mental status examination, which is an objective description of his or her current mental state. Integration of the patient’s history and objective findings results in a comprehensive descriptive and diagnostic impression, which summarizes patterns of data, predicts prognosis, and suggests appropriate treatment options. Use of a biopsychosocial and cultural perspective produces a psychiatric assessment that considers the patient’s strengths and vulnerabilities in relation to his or her cultural group.
Publication Year: 2014
Publication Date: 2014-08-01
Language: en
Type: book
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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