Psychiatric Interview / Assessments, Tools & Forms Flashcards
specifically designed tasks used to measure a psychological function known to be linked to a particular brain structure or pathway.
Neuropsychological testing
Neuropsychological testing examples ?
Intelligence
Memory
Language
Exec Function
Visuospacial
Dementia specific
Battery tests
Where to Get the Information?
PCP ….. and others
Family
Past therapists
Patient
Psychiatric Interview outcome depends on ?
outcome depends on the situation ( ER versus office ( more appropriate))
Psychiatric Interview: In psychiatry often the lack of definition forces the exercise of _______ _______.
practical wisdom
Psychiatric Interview: Every encounter is ?
therapeutic
Psychiatric Interview: “…therapy is a kind of rhetoric in which you stimulate emotional arousal to ?”
transform the meaning of an event…
Psychiatric Interview: That transformation can occur only if you can offer the patient a conceptual framework for ___________ of his [or her] maladaptive assumptions…
making sense
**asking questions to provoke thought **
Psychiatric Interview: If accurately applying the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria in all their specify is the _______ of psychiatric interviewing, then the ___ if forming a therapeutic alliance…”
science
art
Psychiatric Interview: in an effective diagnostic interview, you conduct a form of rudimentary psychotherapy in which ____________ and provide appropriate support to a demoralized patient…
you instill hope
Psychiatric Interview: your ability to form an _______ however will be shaped by a person’s past experiences”
alliance
- Emergency department (new) vs established pt
- Prior psych history
- Current mental state
Model _____ and _____ to your patients
empathy and warmth
Psychiatric Interview: remember ?
You have no idea of the challenges they experienced and chances are you have never even come close to experiencing the pain they have experienced
Act like an __________ uncovering the complex history of a patient
anthropologist
Setting the tone – the environment ?
Lighting
Arrangement of office setting i.e. facing the patient or facing a computer
Talk from waiting room to the office
Note: Your seating position -> closest to the door for rapid egress if needed
Starting the dialog, example ?
Hi, I’m Steven and a Physician Assistant here at the clinic. I read your chart but I would like to know more about you…
The 30-Minute Interview adapted from ?
The Pocket Guide to the DSM-5 Diagnostic Exam
Minute 1: Introduction ?
“Hi my name is…”
Minute 2-4: Listen ?
Don’t talk unless you need to guide
Minute 5-12: Ask ?
HPI (History of Present Illness)
PPH (Past Psych History)
Safety (Suicidal or Homicidal Ideation
Minute 13-17: ROS ?
Mood Psychosis Anxiety Obsessions and Compulsions Trauma Dissociation Somatic Concerns Eating Sleeping Substance and other Addictions Personality Elimination
Minute 18-23: PMH ?
Allergies
FH, SH
Developmental Hx
Minute 24-28: Mental status examinations ?
MMSE
PHQ
GAD-7
etc…
Minute 29-30: Follow-up and closure ?
close up
Minute 1 ?
Introduction
Minute 2-4 ?
Listen
Minute 5-12 ?
Ask
Minute 13-17 ?
ROS
Minute 18-23 ?
PMH
Minute 24-28 ?
Mental Status Examinations
Minute 29-30 ?
Follow-up and Closure