Component of Assessment NURS 6660 Exam With
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International Classification of Diseases (ICD)
The DSM-5 lists 22 major categories of mental disorders, comprising more than 150
discrete illnesses. All of the disorders listed are described indetail in the sections of the
book that follow and cover epidemiology etiology diagnosis differential diagnoses,
clinical features, and treatment of each disorder. Systems of classification for
psychiatric diagnoses have several purposes:
to distinguish one psychiatric diagnosis from
another
to provide a common language among health
care professionals
to explore the still unknown causes of many
mental disorders.
Identifying Data
Identified patient and family members
Source of referral
Informants
History
Chief Complaint
HPI
Developmental history/milestones
Psych history
medical history/immunizations
Fx/Sx/Hx parents marital status
Educational history, current school functioning
, peer relationship hx
current family functioning
family psych/med hx
current physical exam
Mental Status exam
physical appearance
parent-child interaction
separation/reunion
orientation to time, place and person
speech and language
mood
affect
thought process and content
social relatedness
motor behavior
cognition
memory
judgement and insight
Neuropsychiatric exam (prn)
More involved mental status exam including
general description
language speech
thought
mood affect
insight judgement
cognition
General Description
Complete Solutions
International Classification of Diseases (ICD)
The DSM-5 lists 22 major categories of mental disorders, comprising more than 150
discrete illnesses. All of the disorders listed are described indetail in the sections of the
book that follow and cover epidemiology etiology diagnosis differential diagnoses,
clinical features, and treatment of each disorder. Systems of classification for
psychiatric diagnoses have several purposes:
to distinguish one psychiatric diagnosis from
another
to provide a common language among health
care professionals
to explore the still unknown causes of many
mental disorders.
Identifying Data
Identified patient and family members
Source of referral
Informants
History
Chief Complaint
HPI
Developmental history/milestones
Psych history
medical history/immunizations
Fx/Sx/Hx parents marital status
Educational history, current school functioning
, peer relationship hx
current family functioning
family psych/med hx
current physical exam
Mental Status exam
physical appearance
parent-child interaction
separation/reunion
orientation to time, place and person
speech and language
mood
affect
thought process and content
social relatedness
motor behavior
cognition
memory
judgement and insight
Neuropsychiatric exam (prn)
More involved mental status exam including
general description
language speech
thought
mood affect
insight judgement
cognition
General Description
