Description

Preparing the Assignment

Follow these guidelines when completing each component of the assignment. Contact your course faculty if you have questions.

General Instructions

1. Download the Psychiatric Interview Template.
2. Links to an external site. 3.
3. Watch the Psychiatric Interview Recording
4. Links to an external site.
5. and complete the required psychiatric interview documentation. Client age and allergies have been completed.

Include the following elements:

I. History of present illness (HPI)

• Include the chief complaint in quotation marks
• List only HPI data c.Use appropriate terminology
• Provide support from an appropriate scholarly source or textbook to support content and terminology
• Provide information that is understandable, well-organized, and easy to follow

II. Medications

• Provide all current medication information
• Include all criteria from the medication table
• Use appropriate medical terminology
• Provide information that is understandable, well-organized, and easy to follow

III. Past psychiatric history

• Include entire past psychiatric history
• Address all criteria listed on the template c.Use appropriate terminology
• Provide support from an appropriate scholarly source or textbook to support content and terminology
• Provide information that is understandable, well-organized, and easy to follow

IV. Medical history

• Include all relevant medical information
• Address all criteria listed on the template
• Use appropriate terminology
• Provide support from an appropriate scholarly source or textbook to support content and terminology
• Provide information that is understandable, well-organized, and easy to follow

V. Family History

• Include all pertinent family history
• Address all criteria listed on the template
• Use appropriate terminology
• Provide support from an appropriate scholarly source or textbook to support content and terminology
• Provide information that is understandable, well-organized, and easy to follow

VI. Social History

• Include all relevant information from the social history
• Address all criteria listed on the template
• Use appropriate terminology
• Provide support from an appropriate scholarly source or textbook to support content and terminology
• Provide information that is understandable, well-organized, and easy to follow

VII. Review of systems (ROS)

• Address all ROS criteria listed on the template
• Use appropriate terminology
• Provide support from an appropriate scholarly source or textbook to support content and terminology
• Provide information that is understandable, well-organized, and easy to follow

VIII. Mental status examination (MSE)

• Include each element of the MSE
• Address all criteria listed on the template
• Use appropriate terminology
• Provide support from an appropriate scholarly source or textbook to support content and terminology
• Provide information that is understandable, well-organized, and easy to follow
• List items not addressed during the interview and discuss whether listed items were appropriately omitted or should be included. Cite a reference to support the listed items.

IX. Formatting

• Carlat’s (2017) textbook is used to support terminology and section content
• Sources represent a logical link between the source content and the interview documentation
• In-text citations match listed references.
• Direct quotes are not used