The Psychiatric Examination

Psychiatric Examination of the School Child

to medical practitioners, especially school medical officers, in clinical examination and it is hoped that educationists and others may be interested. The approach is physically determined and readers interested in dynamic psychology will find that, far from elucidating general principles, the psychological level of the book is superficial and unenquiring. The classification employed is based a...

Physical examination in psychiatric practice

Physical disease is more prevalent in people with mental disorder than in the general population. It is important for psychiatrists to maintain skills in physical examination to ensure that physical illness is diagnosed and treated appropriately. A sound knowledge of medical illness ensures that examination is targeted at the relevant diseases. Mental health units should provide adequate facili...

Prerequisites for psychiatric examination detecting the intention to commit suicide

The recent plane crash caused by the pilot increased the interest in the possibility of medical examination, which would be able to detect the intention of committing suicide. The development of such a diagnostic procedure is not only important for the prevention of events in the civil and military aviation, but also due to increase in the incidence of various suicide terrorist acts. The author...

The ethics of pre-arraignment psychiatric examination: one Canadian viewpoint.

PSYCHIATRIC INTERVIEW, HISTORY, AND MENTAL STATUS EXAMINATION Kaplan & Sadock’s Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry CHAPTER 7. DIAGNOSIS AND PSYCHIATRY: EXAMINATION OF THE PSYCHIATRIC PATIENT 7.1 PSYCHIATRIC INTERVIEW, HISTORY, AND MENTAL STATUS EXAMINATION

thinking: Somewhat concrete; similarities: apple/orange—“both fruits”; poem/statue —“both have form”; fly/tree—“both are nature, both are iridescent green, flies fly around crap, which is brown, the same color as tree bark” Insight: Poor. The patient does not recognize the presence of any illness or that his behavior is dangerous, stating, “Maybe I have a very mild case of mania, but if I need ...