Clinical assessment involves evaluating a patient's physical condition, diagnosing any issues, and determining a prognosis. This includes gathering information from examinations, medical history, and tests. Assessment tools fall into three categories: clinical interviews, tests, and observations. Clinical interviews involve collecting detailed personal history through structured or unstructured questioning. Tests include projective tests, personality inventories, physical exams, and intelligence tests. Together, these tools provide reliable and valid information to diagnose and treat patients.
This document discusses psychodiagnostics, which involves using psychological assessment techniques to evaluate personality and diagnose mental disorders. The aims of psychodiagnostic techniques include answering diagnostic questions, ascertaining difficulties, making predictions about behavior, and measuring cognitive abilities. Common types of psychodiagnostic tests include intelligence tests, projective techniques like Rorschach tests, and personality assessments. The process of clinical assessment involves planning assessments, collecting data through interviews, tests, observations, and records, processing and interpreting the data, and communicating findings in a psychological report.
Clinical assessment involves collecting information to determine how and why a person is behaving abnormally and how they can be helped. Clinicians use clinical interviews, tests, and observations as assessment tools, which must be standardized, reliable, and valid. The DSM-IV-TR is commonly used for diagnosis and describes diagnostic criteria across five axes. Treatment decisions are based on assessment and diagnosis information, with the goal of empirically supported and evidence-based therapies. Research shows that therapy is generally more effective than no treatment, though some therapies may be more effective than others for specific problems.
Clinical assessment involves collecting information to determine how and why a person is behaving abnormally and how they can be helped. Clinicians use clinical interviews, tests, and observations as assessment tools, which must be standardized, reliable, and valid. The DSM-IV-TR is commonly used for diagnosis and describes diagnostic criteria across five axes. Treatment decisions are informed by assessment and diagnosis, with the goal of empirically supported and evidence-based interventions. Research shows that therapy is generally more effective than no treatment, and that specific therapies can effectively treat particular disorders.
A case report provides a detailed account of a patient's symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes. It includes a case history with identifying data, chief complaint, history of present and past illness, mental status examination, diagnostic findings, prognosis, and treatment plan. The case history gathering involves a psychiatric evaluation and psychosocial assessment to understand the patient's symptoms and formulate an effective treatment plan. A comprehensive treatment plan is developed using a multidisciplinary approach to address the patient's needs.
The Mental Status Examination (MSE) is used to evaluate a patient's current mental and emotional functioning. It involves observing elements like appearance, behavior, mood, affect, thought process, and thought content. The MSE provides essential information for diagnosis and treatment planning when integrated with a patient's history.
The document discusses clinical assessment and diagnosis in psychopathology. It describes the goals of assessment as understanding how and why a person is behaving abnormally and how they can be helped. Assessment tools should be standardized, reliable, and valid. Clinical interviews and psychological tests are common forms of assessment. Treatment decisions are based on assessment and diagnosis to determine an appropriate treatment plan. Research shows that therapy is generally effective compared to no treatment, and certain therapies are effective for specific disorders.
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The document discusses various methods used in psychological assessment, including both objective measures like standardized tests and projective tests, as well as clinical interviews. It outlines the advantages and disadvantages of different assessment approaches and how assessments are used to better understand individuals and their behavior. The document also provides examples of specific assessment tools like the MMPI-2, TAT, and astrology.
This document discusses psychodiagnostics, which involves using psychological assessment techniques to evaluate personality and diagnose mental disorders. The aims of psychodiagnostic techniques include answering diagnostic questions, ascertaining difficulties, making predictions about behavior, and measuring cognitive abilities. Common types of psychodiagnostic tests include intelligence tests, projective techniques like Rorschach tests, and personality assessments. The process of clinical assessment involves planning assessments, collecting data through interviews, tests, observations, and records, processing and interpreting the data, and communicating findings in a psychological report.
Clinical assessment involves collecting information to determine how and why a person is behaving abnormally and how they can be helped. Clinicians use clinical interviews, tests, and observations as assessment tools, which must be standardized, reliable, and valid. The DSM-IV-TR is commonly used for diagnosis and describes diagnostic criteria across five axes. Treatment decisions are based on assessment and diagnosis information, with the goal of empirically supported and evidence-based therapies. Research shows that therapy is generally more effective than no treatment, though some therapies may be more effective than others for specific problems.
Clinical assessment involves collecting information to determine how and why a person is behaving abnormally and how they can be helped. Clinicians use clinical interviews, tests, and observations as assessment tools, which must be standardized, reliable, and valid. The DSM-IV-TR is commonly used for diagnosis and describes diagnostic criteria across five axes. Treatment decisions are informed by assessment and diagnosis, with the goal of empirically supported and evidence-based interventions. Research shows that therapy is generally more effective than no treatment, and that specific therapies can effectively treat particular disorders.
A case report provides a detailed account of a patient's symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes. It includes a case history with identifying data, chief complaint, history of present and past illness, mental status examination, diagnostic findings, prognosis, and treatment plan. The case history gathering involves a psychiatric evaluation and psychosocial assessment to understand the patient's symptoms and formulate an effective treatment plan. A comprehensive treatment plan is developed using a multidisciplinary approach to address the patient's needs.
The Mental Status Examination (MSE) is used to evaluate a patient's current mental and emotional functioning. It involves observing elements like appearance, behavior, mood, affect, thought process, and thought content. The MSE provides essential information for diagnosis and treatment planning when integrated with a patient's history.
The document discusses clinical assessment and diagnosis in psychopathology. It describes the goals of assessment as understanding how and why a person is behaving abnormally and how they can be helped. Assessment tools should be standardized, reliable, and valid. Clinical interviews and psychological tests are common forms of assessment. Treatment decisions are based on assessment and diagnosis to determine an appropriate treatment plan. Research shows that therapy is generally effective compared to no treatment, and certain therapies are effective for specific disorders.
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The document discusses various methods used in psychological assessment, including both objective measures like standardized tests and projective tests, as well as clinical interviews. It outlines the advantages and disadvantages of different assessment approaches and how assessments are used to better understand individuals and their behavior. The document also provides examples of specific assessment tools like the MMPI-2, TAT, and astrology.
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The document discusses various methods used in psychological assessment, including both objective measures like standardized tests and projective tests, as well as clinical interviews. It outlines the advantages and disadvantages of different assessment approaches and how assessments are used to better understand individuals and their behavior. The document also provides examples of specific assessment tools like the MMPI-2, TAT, and astrology.
The document discusses the components and process of taking a patient's physical exam and health history. It describes taking an initial health history that includes the patient's chief complaint, present illness, past medical history, family history, social history, and review of systems. The physical exam includes assessing the patient's general appearance, vital signs, and performing a comprehensive or problem-focused examination of each body system using inspection, palpation, percussion, and auscultation. Proper documentation of subjective and objective exam findings is also emphasized.
Many individuals seeking mental health treatment meet criteria for both substance use and other mental health disorders. Clinicians must be able to assess for substance use disorders by understanding diagnostic criteria and using available screening tools. It can be difficult to distinguish substance use disorders from other conditions, so differential diagnosis is important. For a case study patient, one would collect history, do a mental status exam, consider at least three differential diagnoses with supporting evidence from DSM-5 criteria, and select a primary diagnosis based on a critical thinking process. Reflection on the session could include things that might be done differently and discussions of legal/ethical issues, health promotion, and patient factors like age, ethnicity, and risk factors.
Subject Psychology introduction of psychologyvarsha surkar
SUBJECT: PSYCHOLOGY
Unit 1st: Introduction of psychology
Outline
1. Introduction of psychology
2. Define psychology
3. Scope of psychology
4. Branches of psychology
5. Methods of psychology
6. Significance of psychology in nursing
7. Applied psychology to solve everyday issues.
8. Importance of psychology in nursing
INTRODUCTION
Psychology: The study of mind, behavior, emotions, and thought processes.
Psychology assists health professionals with understanding their patients and themselves. • The word of psychology made up of two Greek words – ‘Psychi’ and ‘logos’. ‘Psychi’ means ‘soul’ and ‘logos’ means the ‘study of’ or ‘knowledge’—study of soul.
DEFINITIONS OF PSYCHOLOGY
1. Psychology is the science of human and animal behavior; it includes the application of behavioral science to human problems.
2. Psychology is the science of human behavior. (Walter Bowers Pillsbury—1911)
3. Psychology is a science, which aims to give us better understanding and control of the behavior of the organism as a whole. (William Mc Doughall—1949)
4. Psychology is the investigation of human and animal behavior and of the mental and physiological processes associated with the behavior. (Jackson—1976)
HISTORY AND ORIGIN OF SCIENCE OF (DEVELOPMENT) PSYCHOLOGY
The successes of the experimental method in the physical sciences encouraged some philosophers to think that mind and behavior could be studied with scientific methods.
• In 1879, the first psychological laboratory was established at the University of Leipzig by the German philosopher and psychologist Wilhelm Wundt (1832 – 1920).
• Wundt was the first to measure human behavior accurately and is known as the ‘Father of Psychology’.
Modern Psychology
1. Wilhelm Wundt (1832- 1920) a. He was considered as the “Father of Modern Psychology. He noted that mental process could be investigated with objective technique similar to other scientific fields.
2. G. Stanley Hall (student of Wundt) - He established the first American psychology laboratory at Johns Hopkins University in 1883.
SCOPE OF PSYCHOLOGY
• The scope of a subject can usually be discussed under the following two headings:
1. The limits of its operations and applications.
2. The branches, topics and subject matter with which it deals. The field of operation and applications of the subject psychology is too vast.
• It studies, describes and explains the behavior of living organisms.
• It describes all types of life activities and experiences — whether conative (intentional), cognitive or affective, implicit or explicit, conscious, unconscious and subconscious of a living organism.
Branches of psychology
1. Pure psychology 2.Applied psychology
i. General psychology
ii. Abnormal psychology
iii. Social psychology
iv. Physiological psychology
v. Parapsychology
vi. Geo psychology
vii. Developmental psychology
viii. Experimental psychology i. Educational psychology
ii. Clinical psychology
iii. Industrial psychology
This document provides an introduction to psychology, including definitions of psychology, a brief history of the field, and descriptions of key branches and methods. It defines psychology as the study of the mind, behavior, and thought processes. Some of the main topics covered include the origins of modern psychology in the late 19th century laboratories of Wundt and Hall, the major branches of psychology such as clinical, social, and developmental psychology, and commonly used research methods like introspection, observation, experimentation, and case studies. The document also discusses several applications of psychology in areas like education, medicine, business, and counseling.
Psychologists use the scientific method to conduct studies and research in psychology. The basic process of conducting psychology research involves asking a question, designing a study, collecting data, analyzing results, reaching conclusions, and sharing the findings
- Psychological testing is used for personnel selection and must meet professional and legal standards by directly relating to job requirements.
- Employment interviews can be biased while tests, when used with interviews, can improve selection success.
- Various psychological tests are used for employee selection, including personality, honesty, intelligence, aptitude, and physical tests.
- Abilities, skills, and aptitudes can predict job performance when measured by cognitive, emotional intelligence, psychomotor, and physical tests.
Clinical interviews and psychological tests are important tools used by psychologists to assess patients. The clinical interview involves a conversation between psychologist and patient to diagnose issues and plan treatment, and can be structured or unstructured. Common psychological tests include intelligence tests like WAIS and WISC, personality tests like MMPI and Rorschach, and achievement and aptitude tests. Psychological assessment also involves behavioral observation, mental status exams, and collecting demographic and medical history information.
This document outlines the key factors involved in psychosocial assessment for patients dealing with physical illness or injury. It discusses 8 factors that nurses should evaluate to understand a patient's likelihood of adapting well, including their social support system, recent stress levels, typical coping mechanisms, personality style, understanding of their illness, and the major psychosocial issues caused by the illness. Evaluating these factors allows nurses to predict a patient's ability to adapt and to provide stronger support to patients showing risks of poor adaptation.
Psychology is the scientific study of mental processes and behavior. It uses various methods including introspection, observation, experimentation, surveys, interviews, clinical studies, and case studies. Some key branches are clinical, developmental, social, and cognitive psychology. Psychology provides frameworks and theories and also applies principles in areas like education, health, and industry. It aims to understand individuals and their behaviors in different environments and contexts.
CASE STUDYFemale, 15, separation anxiety disorder, Depression.docxbartholomeocoombs
CASE STUDY:
Female, 15, separation anxiety disorder, Depression
The patient is a fifteen-year-old female teenager who presents to the clinic with her mother for her first assessment. Patient is being referral to the clinic by the school counselor due to low grades and poor school assistance. During the session, both the patient and the mother are neatly dressed. Her mother seems to be worried about her daughter. The patient said, "I worry a lot about my family members. I fear that one day my parents will be abducted or fatally injured. The worries and fears make me have difficulties concentrating on personal well-being and my studies in school." The mental assessment shows that the patient is depressed, and she refuses to leave the proximity of her mother. Her mother says that her daughter has been experiencing depression or anxiety attacks. The physical assessment shows that the patient has been experiencing physical aches and pains. She maintains good eye contact. Her mood is a little anxious. The symptoms conclude that the patient has separation anxiety disorder because the symptoms have progressed for the past six months. Treatments include antidepressants, group therapy, family therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy, and cognitive-behavioral therapy. A follow-up is to be done in two weeks.
Assignment 2: Focused SOAP Note and Patient Case Presentation
Psychiatric notes are a way to reflect on your practicum experiences and connect them to the didactic learning you gain from your NRNP courses. Focused SOAP notes, such as the ones required in this practicum course, are often used in clinical settings to document patient care.
For this Assignment, you will document information about a patient that you examined during the last three weeks, using the Focused SOAP Note Template provided. You will then use this note to develop and record a case presentation for this patient.
To Prepare
· Present the full complex case study. Include chief complaint; history of present illness; any pertinent past psychiatric, substance use, medical, social, family history; most recent mental status exam; current psychiatric diagnosis including differentials that were ruled out; and plan for treatment and management.
· Report normal diagnostic results as the name of the test and “normal” (rather than specific value). Abnormal results should be reported as a specific value.
· Specifically address the following for the patient, using your SOAP note as a guide:
·
Subjective: What details did the patient provide regarding their chief complaint and symptomology to derive your differential diagnosis? What is the duration and severity of their symptoms? How are their symptoms impacting their functioning in life?
·
Objective: What observations did you make during the psychiatric assessment?
·
Assessment: Discuss their mental status examination results. What were your differential diagnoses? Provide a minimum o.
The document discusses various topics related to assessing mental health, including:
1. The three main types of psychological assessment are clinical interviews, behavioral observations, and psychological testing.
2. Clinical interviews involve structured questioning to understand a person's mental health history and current state. Behavioral observations provide information on how a person acts in natural environments. Psychological testing uses standardized measures to evaluate areas like personality and intelligence.
3. Classification systems like the DSM-IV-TR provide standardized criteria for diagnosing mental illnesses based on patterns of symptoms. A diagnosis involves evaluating a person across five axes of information.
This document discusses the classification of mental disorders and the process of psychiatric assessment. It provides an overview of the purpose of diagnosis in psychiatry, including establishing order and structure, facilitating communication, predicting outcomes, deciding on appropriate treatment, and assisting research. It then describes the typical procedures for clinical assessment, including using clinical interviews as the primary assessment tool. It outlines various assessments used, including psychological tests and biological measures. It details the typical components of a psychiatric assessment, such as identifying data, chief complaint, history, mental status exam, and diagnosis. Finally, it discusses several assessment tools and rating scales, including the Mini-Mental State Examination and Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale.
The document discusses the nursing process, which is a systematic, problem-solving framework for planning and delivering nursing care. It involves assessing a patient's health needs through various methods like observation, interview, and examination. The assessment data is then analyzed and a nursing diagnosis is made to inform the planning, implementation, and evaluation of care. Gordon's 11 functional health patterns are described as a framework to comprehensively assess patients.
The document discusses the process of clinical assessment and diagnosis. It outlines the basic elements of assessment including taking a social history, ensuring culturally sensitive procedures, the influence of the clinician's orientation, and issues of reliability, validity and standardization. Assessment methods include physical exams, interviews, observation, psychological testing and integrating the data. Physical exams can include neurological and neuropsychological evaluations. Psychosocial assessment utilizes interviews and behavior observation. Psychological tests evaluate intelligence and personality. Proper assessment allows clinicians to formulate diagnoses and treatment plans.
The document discusses the process of clinical assessment and diagnosis. It covers the basic elements of assessment including taking a social history, ensuring cultural sensitivity, and issues of reliability and validity. Assessment methods include physical exams, interviews, observation of behavior, psychological testing, and integrating all sources of data to form a diagnosis. Physical exams can include neurological exams and neuropsychological testing. Psychosocial assessment uses interviews and behavior observation. Common psychological tests mentioned are intelligence tests, projective tests like Rorschach and TAT, and objective personality tests like the MMPI.
The document provides an overview of the field of psychology, including definitions of key terms like psychology, the brain, mind, and mental states. It discusses various areas of psychology like abnormal psychology, clinical psychology, counseling psychology, industrial/organizational psychology, and disorders usually diagnosed in childhood. Research methods and the multi-axial diagnostic system are also summarized.
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The document provides guidance on conducting a psychiatric history taking and mental status examination. It outlines the key purposes of the psychiatric interview, which are to establish a diagnosis, obtain information about the illness, and help with treatment. The document then describes general principles for interviews, guidelines, and outlines for collecting information on a patient's chief complaints, history of present illness, past psychiatric and medical history, family history, personal history, and mental status. It provides details on components to evaluate in a patient's appearance, behavior, speech, mood, thought process, perception, cognitive abilities, and insight.
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The nursing process begins with assessment, which involves systematically collecting client data through observation, interviews, examinations, and medical record reviews. This data is then validated, organized according to standards like Gordon's Functional Health Patterns, analyzed by comparing to norms, and recorded to establish a comprehensive health history and baseline for the client. Assessment is ongoing and may be initial, focused on a specific problem, or time-lapsed to monitor changes over time.
1. The document provides information on clinical assessment and diagnosis of psychological disorders. It discusses various assessment tools including clinical interviews, tests, and observations that are used to evaluate a client's behavior and determine if it meets criteria for a known disorder.
2. Standardized assessment tools are important to have reliability and validity. Clinical interviews allow an in-depth exploration of a client's history and current issues. Psychological tests evaluate traits, symptoms, and cognitive abilities.
3. Assessment data is used to form a diagnosis based on the DSM classification system to determine if a client matches criteria for a known disorder and identify an appropriate treatment plan.
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SUBJECT: PSYCHOLOGY
Unit 1st: Introduction of psychology
Outline
1. Introduction of psychology
2. Define psychology
3. Scope of psychology
4. Branches of psychology
5. Methods of psychology
6. Significance of psychology in nursing
7. Applied psychology to solve everyday issues.
8. Importance of psychology in nursing
INTRODUCTION
Psychology: The study of mind, behavior, emotions, and thought processes.
Psychology assists health professionals with understanding their patients and themselves. • The word of psychology made up of two Greek words – ‘Psychi’ and ‘logos’. ‘Psychi’ means ‘soul’ and ‘logos’ means the ‘study of’ or ‘knowledge’—study of soul.
DEFINITIONS OF PSYCHOLOGY
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HISTORY AND ORIGIN OF SCIENCE OF (DEVELOPMENT) PSYCHOLOGY
The successes of the experimental method in the physical sciences encouraged some philosophers to think that mind and behavior could be studied with scientific methods.
• In 1879, the first psychological laboratory was established at the University of Leipzig by the German philosopher and psychologist Wilhelm Wundt (1832 – 1920).
• Wundt was the first to measure human behavior accurately and is known as the ‘Father of Psychology’.
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1. Wilhelm Wundt (1832- 1920) a. He was considered as the “Father of Modern Psychology. He noted that mental process could be investigated with objective technique similar to other scientific fields.
2. G. Stanley Hall (student of Wundt) - He established the first American psychology laboratory at Johns Hopkins University in 1883.
SCOPE OF PSYCHOLOGY
• The scope of a subject can usually be discussed under the following two headings:
1. The limits of its operations and applications.
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Branches of psychology
1. Pure psychology 2.Applied psychology
i. General psychology
ii. Abnormal psychology
iii. Social psychology
iv. Physiological psychology
v. Parapsychology
vi. Geo psychology
vii. Developmental psychology
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iii. Industrial psychology
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Assignment 2: Focused SOAP Note and Patient Case Presentation
Psychiatric notes are a way to reflect on your practicum experiences and connect them to the didactic learning you gain from your NRNP courses. Focused SOAP notes, such as the ones required in this practicum course, are often used in clinical settings to document patient care.
For this Assignment, you will document information about a patient that you examined during the last three weeks, using the Focused SOAP Note Template provided. You will then use this note to develop and record a case presentation for this patient.
To Prepare
· Present the full complex case study. Include chief complaint; history of present illness; any pertinent past psychiatric, substance use, medical, social, family history; most recent mental status exam; current psychiatric diagnosis including differentials that were ruled out; and plan for treatment and management.
· Report normal diagnostic results as the name of the test and “normal” (rather than specific value). Abnormal results should be reported as a specific value.
· Specifically address the following for the patient, using your SOAP note as a guide:
·
Subjective: What details did the patient provide regarding their chief complaint and symptomology to derive your differential diagnosis? What is the duration and severity of their symptoms? How are their symptoms impacting their functioning in life?
·
Objective: What observations did you make during the psychiatric assessment?
·
Assessment: Discuss their mental status examination results. What were your differential diagnoses? Provide a minimum o.
The document discusses various topics related to assessing mental health, including:
1. The three main types of psychological assessment are clinical interviews, behavioral observations, and psychological testing.
2. Clinical interviews involve structured questioning to understand a person's mental health history and current state. Behavioral observations provide information on how a person acts in natural environments. Psychological testing uses standardized measures to evaluate areas like personality and intelligence.
3. Classification systems like the DSM-IV-TR provide standardized criteria for diagnosing mental illnesses based on patterns of symptoms. A diagnosis involves evaluating a person across five axes of information.
This document discusses the classification of mental disorders and the process of psychiatric assessment. It provides an overview of the purpose of diagnosis in psychiatry, including establishing order and structure, facilitating communication, predicting outcomes, deciding on appropriate treatment, and assisting research. It then describes the typical procedures for clinical assessment, including using clinical interviews as the primary assessment tool. It outlines various assessments used, including psychological tests and biological measures. It details the typical components of a psychiatric assessment, such as identifying data, chief complaint, history, mental status exam, and diagnosis. Finally, it discusses several assessment tools and rating scales, including the Mini-Mental State Examination and Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale.
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1. The document provides information on clinical assessment and diagnosis of psychological disorders. It discusses various assessment tools including clinical interviews, tests, and observations that are used to evaluate a client's behavior and determine if it meets criteria for a known disorder.
2. Standardized assessment tools are important to have reliability and validity. Clinical interviews allow an in-depth exploration of a client's history and current issues. Psychological tests evaluate traits, symptoms, and cognitive abilities.
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2. Clinical Assessment
• an evaluation of a patient's physical condition and prognosis based on
information gathered from physical and laboratory
examinations and the patient's medical history.
Diagnosis
• a way of diagnosing and planning treatment for a patient that
involves evaluating someone in order to figure out what is wrong
- refers to the identification of the nature or
cause of a disease or disorder
Prognosis - refers to a forecasting or prediction about the
likely outcome or course of a disease
4. Characteristics of Assessment Tools
R V
eliable alid
Reliability - refers to the consistency of a test
Validity - refers to the accuracy of a test’s results
6. Clinical Interviews
• Face-to-face encounters
• used to collect detailed information, especially personal history, about
a client
• focus of an interview depends on the interviewer’s theoretical
orientation
✓ Unstructured Interview
✓ Structured Interview
> clinicians ask open-ended questions
> clinicians ask prepared questions
History of the Patient
Mental Status Examination
7. History of the Patient
- include the circumstances of the interview
1. Basic information
- sources of the information obtained and their reliability should
be mentioned at the beginning of the psychiatric history
2. Chief Complaint
- it should be written exactly as the patient states it; individuals
accompanying the patient can add their version of what the
patient is presenting to the physician
8. History of the Patient
- the most useful part of the history in terms of making a
psychiatric diagnosis
3. History of the Present Illness
- It should contain a comprehensive, chronological picture of the
circumstances leading up to the patient’s first encounter with the
physician.
4. Psychiatric Health
- patient’s previous encounters with psychiatrists and other
mental health therapists should be listed in chronological order
- Include details such as the first appearance of the symptoms, in
what order, and at what level of severity.
9. History of the Patient
- any medical illness, hospitalizations and surgeries should be
included along with their dates. Episodes of head trauma,
seizures, neurologic illnesses or tumors, and positive assays for
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are all pertinent to the
psychiatric history.
5. Medical History
6. Medications and allergies
7. Family History
- include a brief statement about the patient’s family history of
psychiatric as well as medical disorders
10. History of the Patient
- the prenatal and perinatal history of the patient; childhood
history; occupation history; marital and relationship history;
education; religion; friendship; drug and alcohol history; current
living situation
8. Social History
9. Review of Systems
- a systematic review should be performed with emphasis on
common side effects of medications and common symptoms that
might be associated with the chief complaint
11. Clinical Interviews
• Face-to-face encounters
• used to collect detailed information, especially personal history, about
a client
• focus of an interview depends on the interviewer’s theoretical
orientation
✓ Unstructured Interview
✓ Structured Interview
> clinicians ask open-ended questions
> clinicians ask prepared questions
History of the Patient
Mental Status Examination
12. Mental Status Examination
The mental status examination comprises the sum total of the
physician’s observations of the patient at the time of the
interview. This examination can change from hour to hour,
whereas the patient’s history remains stable.
1. General description
- patient’s overall appearance should be recorded including
posture, poise, grooming, and clothing; take note of signs of
anxiety such as wringing of hands, tense posture, clenched fists,
or wrinkled forehead
13. Mental Status Examination
2. Mood and Affect
Mood is the emotion (anger, depression, emptiness, guilt, etc.)
that underlies a person’s perception of the world.
Affect is the person’s emotional responsiveness during the
examination as inferred from their expressions and behavior.
3. Speech
- describe the physical characteristics of the patient’s speech;
rate, tone, volume, and rhythm should be made; note the
impairment of speech such as stuttering
14. Mental Status Examination
4. Perceptions
- Hallucinations and illusions reported by the patient should be
listed.
5. Thought processes
- this refers to the form of thinking or how a patient thinks;
Thought process can be described as logical/coherent,
circumstantial, tangential, flight of ideas, loose associations, and
word salad/incoherence.
15. Mental Status Examination
6. Thought Content
- The actual thought content section should include delusions,
paranoia, preoccupations, obsessions and compulsions, phobias,
ideas of reference, poverty of content, and suicidal and homicidal
ideation.
7.Sensorium and cognition
- This assesses organic brain function, intelligence, capacity for
abstract thought, and levels of insight and judgement.
NOTE: Almost all of the mental status examination can be made by careful observation
of the patient while obtaining a detailed, complete history. Only a few questions need to
be addressed to the patient directly, for example, those regarding the presence of
suicidal ideation and specific cognitive examination questions.
16. Mini–Mental State Examination
(MMSE) or Folstein test
- a 30-point questionnaire that is used extensively in clinical and
research settings to measure cognitive impairment. It is
commonly used in medicine and allied health to screen for
dementia. It is also used to estimate the severity and progression
of cognitive impairment and to follow the course of cognitive
changes in an individual over time; thus making it an effective
way to document an individual's response to treatment.
18. Clinical Tests
- are devices for gathering information about specific topics from
which broader information can be inferred
1.
Projective
Tests
2.
Personality
inventories
3.
Physical and
Laboratory
Tests
4. Intelligence tests
19. 1. Projective Tests
• These tests require that subjects interpret vague and
ambiguous stimuli or follow open-ended instructions
• They are used mainly by psychodynamic practitioners
• Examples:
- Rorschach test
- Thematic Apperception Test
- Sentence Completion
- Drawings
• Rorschach • Thematic
Apperception Test
• Sentence Completion
- supplementary information
- Rarely reliable and valid
- maybe biased against
minority ethnic group
20. 2. Personality inventories
- is a self-report questionnaire (a survey filled out by the client)
that asks a series of questions about thoughts, interests, feelings,
and behaviors that is aimed at developing a general profile about
a person’s personality and lifestyle.
• Examples:
- Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)
- Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
- Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16PF)
21. Minnesota Multiphasic
Personality Inventory (MMPI)
• The MMPI consists of 550 self-statements describing
physical concerns; mood; morale; attitudes toward
religion, sex, and social activities; and psychological
symptoms which can be answered “true,” “false,” or
“cannot say”
• My daily life is full of things that keep me interested
• There seems to be a lump in my throat much of the time
• A person should try to understand his dreams and be guided by or
take warning from them
• I enjoy detective or mystery stories
• I work under a great deal of tension
• I have diarrhea once a month or more
22. Minnesota Multiphasic
Personality Inventory (MMPI)
• It derives ten clinical scales:
✓ Hypochondriasis (HS): Items showing abnormal concern with
bodily functions
✓ Depression (D): Items showing extreme pessimism and
hopelessness
✓ Conversion hysteria (Hy): Items suggesting that the person may
use physical or mental symptoms as a way of unconsciously
avoiding conflicts and responsibilities
23. Minnesota Multiphasic
Personality Inventory (MMPI)
• It derives ten clinical scales:
✓ Psychopathic deviate (PD): Items showing a repeated and gross
disregard for social customs and an emotional shallowness
✓ Masculinity-femininity (Mf): Items that are thought to
distinguish male and female respondents
✓ Paranoia (Pa): Items that show abnormal suspiciousness and
delusions of grandeur or persecution
24. Minnesota Multiphasic
Personality Inventory (MMPI)
• It derives ten clinical scales:
✓ Psychathenia (Pt): Items that show obsessions, compulsions,
abnormal fears, and guilt and indecisiveness
✓ Schizophrenia (Sc): Items that show bizarre or unusual thoughts
or behavior, including extreme withdrawal, delusions, or
hallucinations
✓ Hypomania (Ma): Items that show emotional excitement,
overactivity, and flight of ideas
✓ Social Introversion (Si): Items that show shyness, little interest
in people, and insecurity
25. 2. Personality inventories
- is a self-report questionnaire (a survey filled out by the client)
that asks a series of questions about thoughts, interests, feelings,
and behaviors that is aimed at developing a general profile about
a person’s personality and lifestyle.
• Examples:
- Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)
- Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
- Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16PF)
- This type of inventory can be used to give a counselor or
therapist a sort of snapshot of who the client is inside; how they
live, what's important to them, how they cope with life, etc.
26. Clinical Tests
- are devices for gathering information about specific topics from
which broader information can be inferred
1.
Projective
Tests
2.
Personality
inventories
3.
Physical and
Laboratory
Tests
4. Intelligence tests
27. Physical Exam
• 1. General appearance – is the patient cachectic or well-
nourished? Anxious or calm? Alert or obtunded?
• 2. Vital signs – temperature, blood pressure, heart rate,
respiratory rate, and weight
• 3. Head and neck examination – look for evidence of
trauma, tumors, facial edema, goiter (indicating hyper- or
hypothyroidism). Cervical and supraclavicular nodes
should be palpated.
28. Physical Exam
• 4. Breast, cardiac, pulmonary, abdominal, back and
spine, and pelvic examination
• 5. Extremities and skin – The presence of tenderness,
skin edema, and cyanosis should be recorded.
• 6. Neurological examination – Patients require a
thorough assessment including evaluation of the cranial
nerves, strength, sensation, and reflexes.
29. Laboratory Tests
1. Screening tests – complete blood count (CBC), renal
function tests, liver function tests, thyroid function tests.
Also determine chloride, sodium, potassium, bicarbonate,
serum urea nitrogen, creatinine, and blood sugar levels.
Urine toxicology or serum toxicology tests should be done
when drug use by the patient is suspected.
30. Laboratory Tests
2. Test related to psychotropic drugs
Psychotropic drug: Any drug capable of affecting the mind,
emotions, and behavior.
a. CBC
b. serum electrolyte determination
c. kidney function tests
d. Fasting blood glucose determination
e. ECG
f. Platelet count
g. Serum iron levels
31. Clinical Tests
- are devices for gathering information about specific topics from
which broader information can be inferred
1.
Projective
Tests
2.
Personality
inventories
3.
Physical and
Laboratory
Tests
4. Intelligence tests
32. Intelligence Tests
Intelligence tests are designed to indirectly measure
intellectual ability and are typically comprised of a series of
tests assessing both verbal and nonverbal skills
The most popular of the intelligence tests are the Wechsler
scales (WAIS, WISC)
34. Observations
Naturalistic and Analog
Observation
Self-monitoring
• Naturalistic observations occur in
everyday environments, including homes,
schools, institutions (hospitals and
prisons), and community settings
• Analog observations occur when a
clinician observes a client's behavior
in a contrived environment (e.g., a
waiting room, play room, clinical
setting)
• The client observes himself and
carefully records the frequency
of certain behaviors, feelings, or
cognitions as they occur over
time.
35. Clinical
interviews
Tests Observations
1. Unstructured
interview
2. Structured
interview
Example:
HISTORY OF THE
PATIENT
Example:
MENTAL STATUS
EXAMINATION
1. Projective Tests
2. Personality
inventories
3. Physical and
Laboratory Tests
4. Intelligence tests
1. Naturalistic and
Analog Observation
2. Self-monitoring
36. Diagnosis- refers to the identification of the nature or cause of a disease or disorder
✓ Using all available information, clinicians attempt to paint a “clinical
picture”
✓ This “clinical picture” is influenced by their theoretical orientation
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