کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
3803954 1244984 2012 6 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Clinical assessment and investigation in psychiatry
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی پزشکی و دندانپزشکی (عمومی)
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Clinical assessment and investigation in psychiatry
چکیده انگلیسی

Assessment of patients with mental health problems is often seen as very different from assessment in other areas of medicine. However, such assessments actually have much in common with any area of medicine in which taking a good history is vital. They should be conducted in a systematic way using good interview techniques. A clear knowledge of signs of mental illness (such as delusions and hallucinations) is essential for an accurate assessment of a patient's difficulties. This should allow the clinician to reach a differential diagnosis, and to estimate how much confidence can be placed in the primary diagnosis. Although there are few real diagnostic tests in psychiatry, appropriate investigation of patients includes an assessment of their physical health (and whether this might relate to their psychiatric presentation), formal and detailed assessment of their cognitive function (which can help characterize or localize possible brain pathology), objective ratings of the severity of symptoms, and neuroimaging.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Medicine - Volume 40, Issue 11, November 2012, Pages 568–573
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