To Prepare:
Review this week’s Learning
Resources. Consider the insights they provide about assessing and
diagnosing mood disorders.
Download the Comprehensive
Psychiatric Evaluation Template, which you will use to complete this
Assignment. Also review the Comprehensive Psychiatric
Evaluation Exemplar to see an example of a completed evaluation
document.
By Day 1 of this week,
select a specific video case study to use for this Assignment from the
Video Case Selections choices in the Learning Resources. View your
assigned video case and review the additional data for the case in the
“Case History Reports” document, keeping the requirements of the
evaluation template in mind.
Consider what history would
be necessary to collect from this patient.
Consider what interview
questions you would need to ask this patient.
Identify at least three
possible differential diagnoses for the patient.
AssignmentWk 3
Complete and submit
your Comprehensive Psychiatric Evaluation, including your differential
diagnosis and critical-thinking process to formulate a primary diagnosis.
Incorporate the following into your responses in the template:
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 the patient’s
mental status examination results. What were your differential diagnoses?
Provide a minimum of three possible diagnoses with supporting evidence,
listed in order from highest priority to lowest priority. Compare the
DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for each differential diagnosis and explain what
DSM-5 criteria rules out the differential diagnosis to find an accurate
diagnosis. Explain the critical-thinking process that led you to the
primary diagnosis you selected. Include pertinent positives and pertinent
negatives for the specific patient case.
Reflection notes: What would you do
differently with this client if you could conduct the session over? Also
include in your reflection a discussion related to legal/ethical
considerations (demonstrate critical thinking beyond confidentiality and
consent for treatment!), health promotion and disease prevention taking
into consideration patient factors (such as age, ethnic group, etc.), PMH,
and other risk factors (e.g., socioeconomic, cultural background, etc.).
Learning Resources
Required
Readings (click to expand/reduce)
American Psychiatric Association.
(2013). Bipolar and related disorders. In Diagnostic and statistical manual
of mental disorders (5th ed.). Arlington, VA: Author.
doi:10.1176/appi.books.9780890425596.dsm03
American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Depressive disorders. In Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.).
Sadock, B. J., Sadock, V. A., & Ruiz, P. (2015). Kaplan
& Sadock’s synopsis of psychiatry (11th ed.). Wolters Kluwer.
· Chapter 8, Mood
Disorders
· Chapter 31, Child
Psychiatry (Section 31.12 only)
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