Talk:Psychiatric assessment

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Proposed structure[edit]

Introductory overview

Purpose[edit]

The purpose of assessment: diagnosis, formulation, risk management, treatment monitoring and planning. Specifically with reference to the role of a psychiatrist

Specific types[edit]

As part of treatment (the main type), also legal / forensic, work related, compensation

History[edit]

Summary of psychiatric history

Mental status examination[edit]

Summary of mental status examination

Physical examination[edit]

Relevance and use of physical examination

Physical investigations[edit]

Relevance and use of blood tests, MRI scans etc

Assessment tools[edit]

Use of questionnaires, symptom checklists etc

Multidisciplinary assessment[edit]

In e.g. hospital settings, the role of nurses, occupational therapists, psychologists, social workers etc

Context[edit]

Adaptation for hospital vs out-patient clinic vs home (community) vs prison

Special groups[edit]

Children; cross-cultural; elderly

Outcome[edit]

Reference to diagnosis, formulation, treatment plan, risk assessment

Other perspectives[edit]

Other models of assessment e.g. psychotherapeutic, systemic, solution focused

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

--Anonymaus (talk) 22:43, 29 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

AfD tag removed[edit]

The AfD tag was removed because

This stub is no longer "just a definition"
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--Anonymaus (talk) 22:42, 29 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think this article is much needed. Any thoughts about addressing assessments done by non-psychiatric (non-medical) professionals, for example as briefly outlined in clinical psychology? Do they need a separate article (psychological testing exists but is very unspecific) or should one article cover all assessment practices relating to mental disorder? EverSince (talk) 09:30, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps the "Multidisciplinary assessment" section could cover this. We do have Psychological evaluation (redirects from Psychological assessment) which ...erm... could do with some work. We also have Occupational therapy and Psychiatric and mental health nursing but neither of these go into assessment. I do think this article should be an overview of assessment in mental health. --Anonymaus (talk) 00:44, 2 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This article is developing nicely but I'd like to reiterate the point about it being titled "psychiatric" assessment, beacuse it is (rightly) including assessment by psychologists, social workers, multidisciplinary etc, and specificlaly mentions non-medical models. Perhaps it could be titled mental health assessment, with a section specifically on psychiatric models/assessments if necessary. Still restricts it to being a "health" phenomenon rather than, say "life difficulties" :) but bit broader... EverSince (talk) 11:43, 8 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]