{"id":30898,"date":"2024-08-09T22:32:33","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T22:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/complete-and-submit-your-comprehensive-psychiatric-evaluation-including-your-differential-diagnosis-and-critical-thinking-process-to-formulate-primary-diagnosis\/"},"modified":"2024-08-09T22:32:33","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T22:32:33","slug":"complete-and-submit-your-comprehensive-psychiatric-evaluation-including-your-differential-diagnosis-and-critical-thinking-process-to-formulate-primary-diagnosis","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/complete-and-submit-your-comprehensive-psychiatric-evaluation-including-your-differential-diagnosis-and-critical-thinking-process-to-formulate-primary-diagnosis\/","title":{"rendered":"Complete and submit your Comprehensive Psychiatric Evaluation, including your differential diagnosis and critical-thinking process to formulate primary diagnosis."},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin: 0px 0px 20px; font-size: 20px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<h3 style=\"margin: 10px 0px 30px; padding: 0px 60px 0px 20px; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 35px; cursor: auto;\">TO PREPARE:<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px 0px 20px; font-size: 20px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Review this week\u2019s Learning Resources and consider the insights they provide. Consider how neurocognitive impairments may have similar presentations to other psychological disorders.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Review the Comprehensive Psychiatric Evaluation template, which you will use to complete this Assignment.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">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 \u201cCase History Reports\u201d document, keeping the requirements of the evaluation template in mind.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Consider what history would be necessary to collect from this patient.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Consider what interview questions you would need to ask this patient.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Identify at least three possible differential diagnoses for the patient.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px 0px 20px; font-size: 20px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;****The Assignment ***<\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; font-size: 20px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Complete and submit your Comprehensive Psychiatric Evaluation, including your differential diagnosis and critical-thinking process to formulate primary diagnosis.<strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/strong>Incorporate the following into your responses in the template:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; font-size: 20px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Subjective:&nbsp;<\/strong>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?&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Objective:&nbsp;<\/strong>What observations did you make during the psychiatric assessment?\u202f&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Assessment:<\/strong>&nbsp;Discuss the patient\u2019s 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-TR diagnostic criteria for each differential diagnosis and explain what DSM-5-TR 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.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Reflection notes:<\/strong>&nbsp;What would you do differently with this client if you could conduct the session over?\u202fAlso 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.).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"font-size: 20px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 20px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">This is the video&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 20px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 20px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">https:\/\/video.alexanderstreet.com\/p\/pZ265EOnm<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 20px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 20px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Resources&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 20px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">American Psychiatric Association. (2022). Neurocognitive disorders. In<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders<\/em><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin: -1px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Links to an external site.<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>(5th ed., text rev.). https:\/\/go.openathens.net\/redirector\/waldenu.edu?url= https:\/\/dsm.psychiatryonline.org\/doi\/full\/10.1176\/appi.books.9780890425787.x17_Neurocognitive_Disorders<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">American Psychiatric Association. (2022). Neurodevelopmental disorders. In<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders<\/em><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin: -1px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Links to an external site.<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>(5th ed., text rev.). https:\/\/go.openathens.net\/redirector\/waldenu.edu?url= https:\/\/dsm.psychiatryonline.org\/doi\/full\/10.1176\/appi.books.9780890425787.x01_Neurodevelopmental_Disorders<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Boland, R. &amp; Verduin, M. L. &amp; Ruiz, P. (2022).&nbsp;<em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Kaplan &amp; Sadock\u2019s synopsis of psychiatry<\/em>&nbsp;(12th ed.). Wolters Kluwer.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Chapter 3, \u201cNeurocognitive Disorders\u201d<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Chapter 2- sections 2.1 \u201cIntellectual Disability\u201d, 2.2 \u201cCommunication Disorders\u201d, 2.3 Autism Spectrum Disorder, 2.4 Attention-Deficit Disorder, 2.5 \u201cSpecific Learning Disorder\u201d, 2.6 \u201cMotor Disorders\u201d<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Chapter 26 \u201cLevel of Care\u201d<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Chapter 29 \u201cEnd-of-Life Issues and Palliative Care<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<div style=\"margin: auto; font-size: medium; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<div style=\"margin-top: 50px; margin-bottom: 50px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<div style=\"line-height: 1; 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