Preparing the Assignment
Follow these guidelines when completing each component of the assignment. Contact your course faculty if you have questions.
General Instructions
- Download the Psychiatric Interview Template.
- Watch the Psychiatric Interview Recording and complete the required psychiatric interview documentation. Client age and allergies have been completed.
Include the following elements:
- History of present illness (HPI)
- Include the chief complaint in quotation marks
- List only HPI data
- Use appropriate terminology
- Provide support from an appropriate scholarly source or textbook to support content and terminology
- Provide information that is understandable, well-organized, and easy to follow
- Medications
- Provide all current medication information
- Include all criteria from the medication table
- Use appropriate medical terminology
- Provide information that is understandable, well-organized, and easy to follow
- Past psychiatric history
- Include entire past psychiatric history
- Address all criteria listed on the template
- Use appropriate terminology
- Provide support from an appropriate scholarly source or textbook to support content and terminology
- Provide information that is understandable, well-organized, and easy to follow
- Medical history
- Include all relevant medical information
- Address all criteria listed on the template
- Use appropriate terminology
- Provide support from an appropriate scholarly source or textbook to support content and terminology
- Provide information that is understandable, well-organized, and easy to follow
- Family History
- Include all pertinent family history
- Address all criteria listed on the template
- Use appropriate terminology
- Provide support from an appropriate scholarly source or textbook to support content and terminology
- Provide information that is understandable, well-organized, and easy to follow
- Social History
- Include all relevant information from the social history
- Address all criteria listed on the template
- Use appropriate terminology
- Provide support from an appropriate scholarly source or textbook to support content and terminology
- Provide information that is understandable, well-organized, and easy to follow
- Review of systems (ROS)
- Address all ROS criteria listed on the template
- Use appropriate terminology
- Provide support from an appropriate scholarly source or textbook to support content and terminology
- Provide information that is understandable, well-organized, and easy to follow
- Mental status examination (MSE)
- Include each element of the MSE
- Address all criteria listed on the template
- Use appropriate terminology
- Provide support from an appropriate scholarly source or textbook to support content and terminology
- Provide information that is understandable, well-organized, and easy to follow
- List items not addressed during the interview and discuss whether listed items were appropriately omitted or should be included. Cite a reference to support the listed items.
- Formatting
- Carlat’s (2017) textbook is used to support terminology and section content
- Sources represent a logical link between the source content and the interview documentation
- In-text citations match listed references
- Direct quotes are not used
Submit your completed template to the Week 6 Dropbox.
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Psychiatric Interview Template
S: Subjective
(Information the client or representative told you)
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Include vital signs if provided . Document not provided if not available. |
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Medication: none Food: shellfish-anaphylaxis Environment: none |
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Chief Complaint (CC) |
CC is a BRIEF statement identifying why the client is here – in the patient’s own words – for instance "I have been feeling depressed," NOT "symptoms of depression for 3 weeks.” History of Present Illness (HPI) (1) Develops illness narrative ( cogent story with clear chronology, not a list of symptoms), and (2) includes specific details of symptoms, and the impact of these symptoms on daily life. |
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Current Medications: Include dosage, frequency, length of time used and reason for use; also include OTC or homeopathic products. |
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Medication (Rx, OTC, or Homeopathic) |
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Past Psychiatric History – Includes all previous mental health psychotherapy and medication management. Be as descriptive as possible. Include type of provider, name if provided, year(s) of treatment, types of services received, history of trauma, self-harm or harm to others. |
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Medical History (PMHx) – Includes active medical problems (currently getting managed) and past medical problems (no longer needing any intervention), hospitalizations, and surgeries. Depending on the CC, more info may be needed. |
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Social History (Soc Hx) – History includes but not limited to education, occupation, current employment (If not currently working, when was last time client was employed and what was the reason for stopping?), current living arrangements, hobbies, relationship status, tobacco, alcohol and other substance use including cannabis or CBD use, legal issues and any other pertinent data. |
Review of Systems (ROS): Address all body systems that may help rule in or out a differential diagnosis Check the box next to each positive symptom and provide additional details. Include all provided information. If not assessed leave blank or select “other” if not applicable to the client. |
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Constitutional If patient denies all symptoms for this system, check here: ☐ |
Skin If patient denies all symptoms for this system, check here: ☐ |
HEENT If patient denies all symptoms for this system, check here: ☐ |
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☐Fatigue Click or tap here to enter text. ☐Weakness Click or tap here to enter text. ☐Fever/Chills Click or tap here to enter text. ☐Weight Gain Click or tap here to enter text. ☐Weight Loss Click or tap here to enter text. ☐Trouble Sleeping Click or tap here to enter text. ☐Night Sweats Click or tap here to enter text. ☐Other: Click or tap here to enter text. |
☐Rashes Click or tap here to enter text. ☐Other: Click or tap here to enter text. |
☐Diplopia Click or tap here to enter text. ☐Vision changes Click or tap here to enter text. ☐Photophobia Click or tap here to enter text. ☐Earache Click or tap here to enter text. ☐Tinnitus Click or tap here to enter text. ☐Epistaxis Click or tap here to enter text. ☐Vertigo Click or tap here to enter text. ☐Hearing Changes Click or tap here to enter text. ☐Other: Click or tap here to enter text. |
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Respiratory If patient denies all symptoms for this system, check here: ☐ |
Neuro If patient denies all symptoms for this system, check here: ☐ |
Cardiac If patient denies all symptoms for this system, check here: ☐ |
MSK If patient denies all symptoms for this system, check here: ☐ |
☐Cough Click or tap here to enter text. ☐Hemoptysis Click or tap here to enter text. ☐Dyspnea Click or tap here to enter text. ☐Wheezing Click or tap here to enter text. ☐Pain on Inspiration Click or tap here to enter text. ☐Snoring : Click or tap here to enter text. ☐Other: Click or tap here to enter text. |
☐Syncope or Lightheadedness Click or tap here to enter text. ☐Headache Click or tap here to enter text. ☐Numbness Click or tap here to enter text. ☐Tingling Click or tap here to enter text. ☐Sensation Changes Choose an item. ☐Speech Deficits Click or tap here to enter text. ☐Other: Click or tap here to enter text. |
☐Chest pain Click or tap here to enter text. ☐SOB Click or tap here to enter text. Previous cardiac history Click or tap here to enter text. ☐Other: Click or tap here to enter text. |
☐Pain Click or tap here to enter text. ☐Limited ROM Choose an item. ☐Redness Click or tap here to enter text. ☐ involuntary movements Click or tap here to enter text. ☐Other: Click or tap here to enter text. |
Hematology/Lymphatics If patient denies all symptoms for this system, check here: ☐ |
GI If patient denies all symptoms for this system, check here: ☐ |
GU If patient denies all symptoms for this system, check here: ☐ |
Endocrine If patient denies all symptoms for this system, check here: ☐ |
☐Anemia Click or tap here to enter text. ☐ Other Click or tap here to enter text. |
☐Nausea/Vomiting Click or tap here to enter text. ☐Dysphasia Click or tap here to enter text. ☐Diarrhea Click or tap here to enter text. ☐Appetite Change Click or tap here to enter text. ☐Heartburn Click or tap here to enter text. ☐Abdominal Pain Click or tap here to enter text. Click or tap here to enter text. ☒Other: Click or tap here to enter text. |
☐Urgency Click or tap here to enter text. ☐Polyuria Click or tap here to enter text. ☐Nocturia Click or tap here to enter text. ☐Incontinence Click or tap here to enter text. ☐Other: Click or tap here to enter text. |
☐ Increased appetite Click or tap here to enter text. ☐ Increased thirst Click or tap here to enter text. ☐ Thyroid disorder Click or tap here to enter text. ☐ Heat/cold intolerance Click or tap here to enter text. ☐ Excessive sweating Click or tap here to enter text. ☐ Diabetes Click or tap here to enter text. ☐ Other Click or tap here to enter text. |
O: Objective
Document pertinent positive and negative assessment findings. Pertinent positive are the “abnormal” findings and pertinent “negative” are the expected normal findings. Separate the assessment findings accordingly and be detailed. Use appropriate terminology.
Mental status exam |
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Behavior Choose an item. |
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Affect Choose an item. |
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Thought Process Choose an item. |
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Thought Content Choose an item. |
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Attention and Concentration Choose an item. |
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Memory Choose an item. |
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Orientation Choose an item. |
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Insight Choose an item. |
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Judgement Choose an item. |
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List items that were not addressed in the interview . Discuss whether these items are appropriately omitted or should be included. |
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References Include at least one evidence-based peer-reviewed journal article which relates to this case. Use the correct current APA edition formatting. You may use your textbooks as a secondary reference, but you are required to include an EBP journal article, not a web-based reference. |
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