Homework: Assessing & Diagnosing Patients with Schizophrenia, Other Psychotic Disorders, & Medication-Induced Movement Disorders
Psychotic disorders and schizophrenia are some of the most complicated and challenging diagnoses in the DSM. The symptoms of psychotic disorders may appear quite vivid in some patients; in others, symptoms may be barely observable. Additionally, symptoms may overlap among disorders. For example, specific symptoms, such as neurocognitive impairments, social problems, and illusions may exist in patients with schizophrenia but are alscontributing symptoms of other psychotic disorders.
TPrepare:
I. Consider whether experiences of psychosis-related symptoms are always indicative of a diagnosis of schizophrenia. Think about alternative diagnoses for psychosis-related symptoms.
Complete your Comprehensive Psychiatric Evaluation, including your differential diagnosis and critical-thinking process tformulate a primary diagnosis.
Task
I. Subjective:
i. What details did the patient provide regarding their chief complaint and symptomology tderive your differential diagnosis?
ii. What is the duration and severity of their symptoms?
iii. How are their symptoms impacting their functioning in life?
II. Objective:
i. What observations did you make during the psychiatric assessment?
III. Assessment:
i. Discuss the patient's mental status examination results.
ii. What were your differential diagnoses?
iii. Provide a minimum of three possible diagnoses with supporting evidence, listed in order from highest priority tlowest priority.
iv. Compare the DSM-5-TR diagnostic criteria for each differential diagnosis and explain what DSM-5-TR criteria rule out the differential diagnosis tfind an accurate diagnosis.
v. Explain the critical-thinking process that led you tthe primary diagnosis you selected. Include pertinent positives and pertinent negatives for the specific patient case.
IV. Reflection notes:
i. What would you ddifferently with this client if you could conduct the session over?
ii. Include in your reflection a discussion related tlegal/ethical considerations (demonstrate critical thinking beyond confidentiality and consent for treatment!).
iii. Alsinclude health promotion and disease prevention taking intconsideration patient factors (such as age, ethnic group, etc.), PMH, and other risk factors (e.g., socioeconomic, cultural background, etc.).
Format your homework according tthe following formatting requirements:
i) The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
ii) The response alsincludes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
iii) Alsinclude a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.