THE PSYCHIATRIC EVALUATION AND EVIDENCE-BASED RATING SCALES
Order InstructionsTHE PSYCHIATRIC EVALUATION AND EVIDENCE-BASED RATING SCALESAssessment tools have two primary purposes: 1) to measure illness and diagnose clients, and 2) to measure a client’s 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.
RESOURCES
Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.Click the weekly resources link to access the resources.
WEEKLY RESOURCES
TO PREPARE:Review this week’s Learning Resources and reflect on the insights they provide regarding psychiatric assessment and diagnosis.Consider the elements of the psychiatric interview, history, and examination.Consider the assessment tool assigned to you by the Course Instructor.BY DAY 3 OF WEEK 2Post a 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 were assigned. 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’s psychiatric assessment. Support your approach with evidence-based literature.
Read a selection of your colleagues’ responses.
The topic of Week 2 Discussion is Psychiatric Evaluation and Rating Scale.
Your assignment is:
1. Choose 3 components of a psychiatric interview and discuss, why these components are important.
2. Choose one of the following rating scales and discuss, when it might be appropriate to use this scale, and how this rating scale may be helpful to you in your work as PMHNP: PHQ-9, GAD-7, AIMS, or Montreal Cognitive Assessment.
Support your approach with evidence-based literature.
Submit your initial posting by the end of the day on Wednesday. Submit a reply to two of your colleagues on two separate days by the end of the day on Saturday. Please note that the expectation is that you post on the discussion board on three separate days: Your main posting by Wednesday and two responses on two different days (different than the day of your main posting) by the end of Saturday.
Writing style and grammar are graded, too, so please proofread your writing before submitting.
Attached is the PHQ-9 rating scale. The GAD-7, AIMS, and MOCA scales will be attached separately under replies to this announcement. You will have to do your own research to learn about these scales. Please choose reputable websites. Here are a few examples for more information:
PHQ-9: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; National Institutes of Health
GAD-7: Anxiety and Depression Association of America; Health Resources and Services Administration
AIMS: The AIMS Assessment and Tardive Dyskinesia | aapp.orgLinks to an external site.
MOCA: Parkinson’s Disease Research, Education and Clinical Centers Home (va.gov)Links to an external site.
This announcement is closed for commentsPHQ-9.pdfSearch entries or authorSearch entries or authorFilter replies by unreadZuzana SegevZuzana Segev8:22amSep 4 at 8:22amGAD-7 screening tools is attached.
GAD-7-2.pdfZuzana SegevZuzana Segev8:22amSep 4 at 8:22amAIMS attached.
AIMS-2.pdfZuzana SegevZuzana Segev8:23amSep 4 at 8:23amMOCA attached
MOCA-2.pdf
LEARNING RESOURCESRequired ReadingsAmerican Psychiatric Association. (2022). Section I: DSM-5 basics. In Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders Links to an external site.(5th ed., text rev.). https://go.openathens.net/redirector/waldenu.edu?url=https://dsm.psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.5555/appi.books.9780890425787.Section_1Links to an external site.
American Psychiatric Association. (2022). Classification. In Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders Links to an external site.(5th ed., text rev., pp. xiii-xl). https://go.openathens.net/redirector/waldenu.edu?url=https://dsm.psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.5555/appi.books.9780890425787.Section_1Links to an external site.
ReviewCarlat, D. J. (2017). The psychiatric interview (4th ed.). Wolters Kluwer.
Chapter 34, Writing Up the Results of the Interview
Boland, R. & Verduin, M. L. & Ruiz, P. (2022). Kaplan & Sadock’s synopsis of psychiatry (12th ed.). Wolters Kluwer.
Chapter 1, “Examination and Diagnosis of the Psychiatric Patient”American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (1995). Practice parameters for the assessment and treatment of children and adolescentsLinks to an external site.. https://www.aacap.org/App_Themes/AACAP/docs/practice_parameters/psychiatric_assessment_practice_parameter.pdf
American Psychiatric Association. (2016). Practice guidelines for the psychiatric evaluation of adultsLinks to an external site. (3rd ed.). https://psychiatryonline.org/doi/pdf/10.1176/appi.books.9780890426760
Sadock, B. J., Sadock, V. A., & Ruiz, P. (2017). Classification in psychiatry. In Kaplan and Sadock’s Concise Textbook of Clinical PsychiatryLinks to an external site. (4th ed., pp. 1–8). Wolters Kluwer.
Sadock, B. J., Sadock, V. A., & Ruiz, P. (2017). Psychiatric interview, history, and mental status examination. In Kaplan and Sadock’s Concise Textbook of Clinical PsychiatryLinks to an external site. (4th ed., pp. 39–52). Wolters Kluwer.
Sadock, B. J., Sadock, V. A., & Ruiz, P. (2017). Medical assessment and laboratory testing in psychiatry. In Kaplan and Sadock’s Concise Textbook of Clinical Psychiatry Links to an external site. (4th ed., pp. 16–21). Wolters Kluwer.
Required MediaClassroom Productions. (Producer). (2015). Diagnostic criteria Links to an external site.[Video]. Walden University.
MedEasy. (2017). Psychiatric history taking and the mental status examination | USMLE & COMLEXLinks to an external site. [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5KwDgWX8L8
Psychiatry Lectures. (2015). Psychiatry lecture: How to do a psychiatric assessmentLinks to an external site. [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRiCntvec5U
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