This concise multidisciplinary guide is for anyone working with people with mental health conditions, covering the techniques needed for a good psychiatric interview and preparing them for specific groups, presentations and settings. A Guide to Psychiatric Examination covers everything from psychiatric assessment basics through to in-depth topics and how to approach examinations. It is ideal for medical students, registrars and nursing and allied health team professionals and students. Succinct and jargon-free, this is intended as a practical handbook that can be read quickly and consulted as needed to help build confidence and skills.
1. Introduction - p. xii 2. A note on terminology - p. xiii 3. List of Tables - p. xiv 4. List of Illustrations - p. xv 5. 1. Being interviewed: The psychiatric assessment as a co-constructed relationship - p. 1 6. Section I. The basics - p. 23 7. Introduction - p. 23 8. 2. Information gathering - p. 25 9. 3. Becoming a skilled interviewer - p. 38 10. Section II. The diagnostic psychiatric interview - p. 47 11. Introduction - p. 47 12. 4. Preparing for the interview - p. 49 13. 5. The diagnostic interview - p. 55 14. 6. The mental state examination - p. 96 15. 7. Bringing it all together - p. 142 16. 8. Recording and communicating your assessment to others - p. 152 17. Section III. Specific presentations - p. 165 18. Introduction - p. 165 19. 9. Depression - p. 167 20. 10. The suicidal person - p. 184 21. 11. Mania - p. 214 22. 12. Psychosis - p. 224 23. 13. Anxiety - p. 246 24. 14. Obsessive–compulsive symptoms - p. 261 25. 15. Post-traumatic stress disorder - p. 271 26. 16. Confusion part 1: Delirium - p. 288 27. 17. Confusion part 2: Dementia - p. 304 28. 18. Substance use and addiction behaviours - p. 325 29. 19. The person with feeding and eating disorders - p. 351 30. 20. Borderline personality disorder - p. 370 31. 21. Pregnancy and the postnatal period - p. 391 32. 22. The unresponsive person - p. 403 33. 23. Dealing with a potentially violent person - p. 416 34. 24. Neurodevelopmental disorders - p. 423 35. Section IV. Specific places - p. 433 36. Introduction - p. 433 37. 25. Interviewing in the accident and emergency department - p. 435 38. 26. Assessments in the home - p. 445 39. 27. Assessments in the general hospital (or CL unplugged) - p. 464 40. Section V. Specific groups - p. 485 41. Introduction - p. 485 42. 28. The assessment of children and adolescents - p. 487 43. 29. Assessment of older people - p. 514 44. 30. Assessment of people with intellectual disabilities - p. 533 45. 31. Assessment of people from different ethnic, cultural, and linguistic backgrounds - p. 541 46. Section VI. In-depth topics - p. 553 47. Introduction - p. 553 48. 32. Personality difficulties - p. 555 49. 33. The extended cognitive assessment - p. 565 50. 34. Assessment of mental capacity - p. 595 51. 35. Risk and risk assessment - p. 603 52. 36. Assessment of physical health - p. 628 53. 37. Changed behaviours in people with dementia - p. 650 54. 38. Difficult encounters - p. 676 55. Section VII. Approaching examinations - p. 707 56. Introduction - p. 707 57. 39. Examination skills - p. 709 58. Appendix 1. History taking checklist - p. 723 59. Appendix 2. Mental state examination checklist - p. 727 60. Appendix 3. Suicide assessment checklist - p. 732 61. Appendix 4. Risk review checklist - p. 736 62. Appendix 5. Categorical classification of personality disorders - p. 738 63. Appendix 6. NEAMI health prompt - p. 744 64. Appendix 7. Montreal cognitive assessment MoCA - p. 747 65. Appendix 8. Publishing history - p. 757 66. Index - p. 758
This concise multidisciplinary guide is for anyone working with people with mental health conditions, covering the techniques needed for a good psychiatric interview and preparing them for specific groups, presentations and settings. A Guide to Psychiatric Examination covers everything from psychiatric assessment basics through to in-depth topics and how to approach examinations. It is ideal for medical students, registrars and nursing and allied health team professionals and students. Succinct and jargon-free, this is intended as a practical handbook that can be read quickly and consulted as needed to help build confidence and skills.
1. Introduction - p. xii 2. A note on terminology - p. xiii 3. List of Tables - p. xiv 4. List of Illustrations - p. xv 5. 1. Being interviewed: The psychiatric assessment as a co-constructed relationship - p. 1 6. Section I. The basics - p. 23 7. Introduction - p. 23 8. 2. Information gathering - p. 25 9. 3. Becoming a skilled interviewer - p. 38 10. Section II. The diagnostic psychiatric interview - p. 47 11. Introduction - p. 47 12. 4. Preparing for the interview - p. 49 13. 5. The diagnostic interview - p. 55 14. 6. The mental state examination - p. 96 15. 7. Bringing it all together - p. 142 16. 8. Recording and communicating your assessment to others - p. 152 17. Section III. Specific presentations - p. 165 18. Introduction - p. 165 19. 9. Depression - p. 167 20. 10. The suicidal person - p. 184 21. 11. Mania - p. 214 22. 12. Psychosis - p. 224 23. 13. Anxiety - p. 246 24. 14. Obsessive–compulsive symptoms - p. 261 25. 15. Post-traumatic stress disorder - p. 271 26. 16. Confusion part 1: Delirium - p. 288 27. 17. Confusion part 2: Dementia - p. 304 28. 18. Substance use and addiction behaviours - p. 325 29. 19. The person with feeding and eating disorders - p. 351 30. 20. Borderline personality disorder - p. 370 31. 21. Pregnancy and the postnatal period - p. 391 32. 22. The unresponsive person - p. 403 33. 23. Dealing with a potentially violent person - p. 416 34. 24. Neurodevelopmental disorders - p. 423 35. Section IV. Specific places - p. 433 36. Introduction - p. 433 37. 25. Interviewing in the accident and emergency department - p. 435 38. 26. Assessments in the home - p. 445 39. 27. Assessments in the general hospital (or CL unplugged) - p. 464 40. Section V. Specific groups - p. 485 41. Introduction - p. 485 42. 28. The assessment of children and adolescents - p. 487 43. 29. Assessment of older people - p. 514 44. 30. Assessment of people with intellectual disabilities - p. 533 45. 31. Assessment of people from different ethnic, cultural, and linguistic backgrounds - p. 541 46. Section VI. In-depth topics - p. 553 47. Introduction - p. 553 48. 32. Personality difficulties - p. 555 49. 33. The extended cognitive assessment - p. 565 50. 34. Assessment of mental capacity - p. 595 51. 35. Risk and risk assessment - p. 603 52. 36. Assessment of physical health - p. 628 53. 37. Changed behaviours in people with dementia - p. 650 54. 38. Difficult encounters - p. 676 55. Section VII. Approaching examinations - p. 707 56. Introduction - p. 707 57. 39. Examination skills - p. 709 58. Appendix 1. History taking checklist - p. 723 59. Appendix 2. Mental state examination checklist - p. 727 60. Appendix 3. Suicide assessment checklist - p. 732 61. Appendix 4. Risk review checklist - p. 736 62. Appendix 5. Categorical classification of personality disorders - p. 738 63. Appendix 6. NEAMI health prompt - p. 744 64. Appendix 7. Montreal cognitive assessment MoCA - p. 747 65. Appendix 8. Publishing history - p. 757 66. Index - p. 758
