For this Assignment, you will document information about a patient that you examined in a group

setting during the last 4 weeks, using the Comprehensive Psychiatric Evaluation Note Template

provided. You will then use this note to develop and record a case presentation for this patient.

Complete and submit your Comprehensive Psychiatric Evaluation, including your

differential diagnosis and critical-thinking process to formulate a primary diagnosis.

Incorporate the following into your responses in the template:

 

 Select a group patient for whom you conducted psychotherapy for a mood

disorder during the last 4 weeks.

 Create a Comprehensive Psychiatric Evaluation Note on this patient using the

template provided in the Learning Resources. There is also a completed

template provided as an exemplar and guide.

 When you submit your note, you should include the complete comprehensive

psychiatric evaluation note as a Word document

 

. Include subjective and objective data; assessment from most recent mental status exam;

– please see patient information. separate document.

current psychiatric diagnosis including differentials that were ruled out;

current psychotherapeutic plan (include one health promotion activity and one patient

education strategy you provided);

and patient progress toward treatment goals.

Complete and submit your Comprehensive Psychiatric Evaluation, including your

differential diagnosis and critical-thinking process to formulate a 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 was the duration and severity

of their symptoms? How are their symptoms impacting their functioning in life?

•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? •

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 in order of highest

to lowest priority and explain why you chose them. What was your primary diagnosis and

 

why? Describe how your primary diagnosis aligns with DSM-5-TR diagnostic criteria and

is supported by the patient’s symptoms. • 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 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.

 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 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.

 

Plan: Describe your treatment modality and your plan for psychotherapy. Explain the

principles of psychotherapy that underline your chosen treatment plan to support your

rationale for the chosen psychotherapy framework. What were your follow-up plan and

parameters? What referrals would you make or recommend as a result of this

psychotherapy session?

• 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.).

Please use at least 1 of these sources

 American Group Psychotherapy Association. Links to an external

site.(2007–2020). Practice guidelines for group psychotherapy.

https://www.agpa.org/home/practice-resources/practice-guidelines-for-

group-psychotherapy

 American Psychiatric Association. Links to an external site.(2020). Clinical

practice guidelines. https://psychiatryonline.org/guidelines

 Carlat, D. J. (2017). The psychiatric interview (4th ed.). Wolters Kluwer.

o Chapter 23, “Assessing Mood Disorders I: Depressive Disorders”

o Chapter 24, “Assessing Mood Disorders II: Bipolar Disorders”