Nr548 Exam 2

Psychiatric Interview Long Form {Ans: adapted from the one used by Anthony Erdmann, an attending psychiatrist at MGH. He takes notes on it while talking to patients and puts it in his chart Advantages -ensures a thorough data evaluation and saves time, because notes can be placed directly into the chart Disadvantages -patients may be alienated if you seem more interested in completing a form than in getting to know them}therapeutic or nontherapeutic communication & communication technique it represents: I'm so sorry about your mastectomy; it must be terrible to lose a breast. {Ans: Therapeutic communication technique: Sympathy}Obtain the Psychiatric Database {Ans: Also known as the psychiatric history -includes historical information relevant to the current clinical presentation • history of present illness, psychiatric history, medical history, family psychiatric history, and aspects of the social and developmental history}Four Tasks of the Diagnostic Interview {Ans: 1. Build a therapeutic alliance 2. Obtain the psychiatric database 3. Interview for diagnosis 4. Negotiate a tx plan with your patient}Social and developmental hx {Ans: helps the PMHNP gain insight into the client's home life, childhood experiences, and relationships -Info about relationships with parents, siblings, and others outside the family can