{"id":3581,"date":"2024-09-02T02:59:53","date_gmt":"2024-09-02T02:59:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/academicwritersbay.com\/solutions\/discussion-assessment-and-diagnosis-of-the-psychiatric-patient\/"},"modified":"2024-09-02T02:59:53","modified_gmt":"2024-09-02T02:59:53","slug":"discussion-assessment-and-diagnosis-of-the-psychiatric-patient","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/academicwritersbay.com\/solutions\/discussion-assessment-and-diagnosis-of-the-psychiatric-patient\/","title":{"rendered":"Discussion: Assessment and Diagnosis of the Psychiatric Patient"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Discussion2.docx<\/p>\n<p>The Psychiatric Evaluation and Evidence-Based Rating Scales<br \/> Assessment tools have two primary purposes: 1) to measure illness and diagnose clients, and 2) to measure a client\u2019s response to treatment. Often, you will find that multiple assessment tools are designed to measure the same condition or response. Not all tools, however, are appropriate for use in all clinical situations. You must consider the strengths and weaknesses of each tool to select the appropriate assessment tool for your client. For this Discussion, as you examine the assessment tool assigned to you by the Course Instructor, consider its use in psychotherapy.<br \/> \u00b7 Consider the elements of the psychiatric interview, history, and examination.<br \/> \u00b7 Choose one of the assessment tool below.<br \/> \u00b7 Mood Disorders Scales:\u00a0<br \/> \u00b7 Beck Depression Inventory, 2nd Revision (BDI-II)\u00a0<br \/> \u00b7 Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D)\u00a0<br \/> \u00b7 Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9)\u00a0<br \/> \u00b7 Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS)\u00a0<br \/> \u00b7 Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS)\u00a0<br \/> Post\u00a0a brief explanation of three important components of the psychiatric interview and why you consider these elements important. Explain the psychometric properties of the rating scale you choose. Explain when it is appropriate to use this rating scale with clients during the psychiatric interview and how the scale is helpful to a nurse practitioner\u2019s psychiatric assessment. Support your approach with evidence-based literature.<br \/> At least 3 references<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discussion2.docx The Psychiatric Evaluation and Evidence-Based Rating Scales Assessment tools have two primary purposes: 1) to measure illness and diagnose clients, and 2) to measure a client\u2019s response to treatment. Often, you will find that multiple assessment tools are designed to measure the same condition or response. Not all tools, however, are appropriate for use [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-solutions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/academicwritersbay.com\/solutions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/academicwritersbay.com\/solutions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/academicwritersbay.com\/solutions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/academicwritersbay.com\/solutions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/academicwritersbay.com\/solutions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/academicwritersbay.com\/solutions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3581\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/academicwritersbay.com\/solutions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/academicwritersbay.com\/solutions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/academicwritersbay.com\/solutions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}