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Pharmacology: De-Andrie Gotuato PT21
Pharmacology: De-Andrie Gotuato PT21
• HISTORY
• Component
➝Age
➝Marital Status
➝Occupation
• Source of Referral
➝PC/HPC
➝PPH
➝PMH/PSH
➝FH MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION
➝PH (Personal history) ➝Appearance and behaviour
➝Smoke
➝Drink ➝Speech
➝Drugs
➝Mood
➝Allergies
➝Social Circumstances ➝Thought
➝Forensic history
➝PMP (Premorbid ➝Perception
➝Personality ➝Cognition
➝Insight
➝Introduction
➝Diagnosis
➝Differential diagnosis
➝Investigations
➝Management
➝Prognosis
➝The medical science and specialty that deals How to Start Psychiatry
with the origins, diagnosis, prevention and
1. Psychiatric Interview
treatment of mental and emotional disorders
• Two Main Functions:
and, by extension, of many problems or
personal adjustment ➝It forms the main part of the psychiatric
assessment by which diagnoses are made.
the disorder.
• Where is Psychiatry going? ➝To form a therapeutic relationship with
➝Less hospital based the patient
➝Becoming more evidence-based.
➝Useful knowledge
➝Useful skills
De-Andrie Gotuato PT21
➝Useful attitudes
3. Diagnostic Categories