COURSE  

NRNP-6635 Psychpathology Diag Reasoning

Complete and submit your Comprehensive Psychiatric Evaluation, including your differential diagnosis and critical-thinking process to formulate primary diagnosis.

Incorporate the following into your responses in the template:

• Subjective: What details did the patient provide regarding their chief complaint and symptomology to derive your differential diagnosis? What is the duration and severity of their symptoms? How are their symptoms impacting their functioning in life?
• Objective: What observations did you make during the psychiatric assessment?
• Assessment: Discuss the patient’s mental status examination results. What were your differential diagnoses? Provide a minimum of three possible diagnoses with supporting evidence, listed in order from highest priority to lowest priority. Compare the DSM-5-TR diagnostic criteria for each differential diagnosis and explain what DSM-5-TR criteria rules out the differential diagnosis to find an accurate diagnosis. Explain the critical-thinking process that led you to the primary diagnosis you selected. Include pertinent positives and pertinent negatives for the specific patient case.
• Reflection notes: What would you do differently with this client if you could conduct the session over? Also include in your reflection a discussion related to legal/ethical considerations (demonstrate critical thinking beyond confidentiality and consent for treatment!), health promotion and disease prevention taking into consideration patient factors (such as age, ethnic group, etc.), PMH, and other risk factors (e.g., socioeconomic, cultural background, etc.).

SOLUTION

Introduction

              Psychiatric evaluation for patients suffering from substance use disorder can be challenging due to the effect it has on the patient’s behavior and brain. When a patient is under the influence of addiction, the thought process, judgment, and behavior is greatly impacted. As a result of the high prevalent of substance use disorder in the United States today, a thorough assessment is needed to pay attention to the type, amount, frequency, and consequences that the substance use has on the patient, their perspective on the use and the readiness to change. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the case study provided of a 47 year old female that is suffering from substance use disorder.  …….please click the icon below to access entire solution at $10