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Psychiatric History and Mental Status Examination
Psychiatric History and Mental Status Examination Psychiatric History The Psychiatric History is the record of the patient's life; it allows a psychiatrist to understand who the patient is, where the patient has come from, and where the patient is likely to go in the future. The History is the patient's life story told to the psychiatrist in the patient's own words from his or her own point of view. Many times, the History also includes information about the patient obtained from other sources, such as a parent or spouse. Obtaining a comprehensive History from a patient and, if necessary, from informed sources is essential to making a correct diagnosis and formulating a specific and effective treatment plan. A Psychiatric History differs slightly from histories taken in medicine or surgery. In addition to gathering the concrete and factual data related to the chronology of symptom formation and to the Psychiatric and medical History , a psychiatrist strives to derive from the History the elusive picture of a patient's individual personality characteristics, including both strengths and weaknesses.
Psychiatric History and Mental Status Examination Psychiatric History The psychiatric history is the record of the patient's life; it allows a psychiatrist to understand who the
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