Section: Module 6: Lesson 1: History-Taking, Examination and Medical Interviewing | Psychiatric Clerkship for Medical Students

Section: Module 6: Lesson 1: History-Taking, Examination and Medical Interviewing | Psychiatric Clerkship for Medical Students | NextGenU.org

This lesson provides the learner with resources to effectively and successfully engage in history taking, patient evaluation, and medical interviewing in a culturally competent manner.

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  Required Learning Resources and Activities
- Select activity Medical Assessment of the Patient With Mental Symptoms
  
  Medical Assessment of the Patient With Mental Symptoms URL
  
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  MSD Manuals for the Professional - 2020
- Select activity Drug-Induced Movement Disorders
  
  Drug-Induced Movement Disorders URL
  
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  Read the entire article. (15 minutes)
  Aust Prescr. - 2019
- Select activity Etiology, Triggers and Neurochemical Circuits Associated With Unexpected, Expected, and Laboratory-Induced Panic Attacks
  
  Etiology, Triggers and Neurochemical Circuits Associated With Unexpected, Expected, and Laboratory-Induced Panic Attacks URL
  
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  Read under the headlines: (12 minutes)
  - "Section 2 – Panic Disorder and Panic Attacks: Symptoms, Signs, Diagnostic Criteria (DSM-I through V)"
  Neurosci Biobehav Rev. - 2015
- Select activity When Psychiatric Symptoms Reflect Medical Conditions
  
  When Psychiatric Symptoms Reflect Medical Conditions URL
  
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  Read the entire article. (26 minutes)
  PMC NIH - 2018
- Select activity What Is a Psychotropic Drug?
  
  What Is a Psychotropic Drug? URL
  
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  Healthline - 2021
- Select activity Medical History-Taking in Psychiatry
  
  Medical History-Taking in Psychiatry URL
  
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  Read the content under the heading from "If you don't ask you'll never know" until "Documentation". (12 minutes)
  Cambridge Core - 2018
- Select activity Religion and Spirituality in Clinical Practice
  
  Religion and Spirituality in Clinical Practice URL
  
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  Read from Clinical practice until assessments. (12 minutes)
  BJPsych - 2018
- Select activity The Mental Status Examination
  
  The Mental Status Examination URL
  
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  Read the entire document. (15 minutes)
  Brown. Education
- Select activity The Mental Status Examination
  
  The Mental Status Examination URL
  
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  Read the entire article. (20 minutes)
  American Family Physician Journal - 2016
- Select activity Screening Tools
  
  Screening Tools URL
  
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  Read the entire article and explore embeded hyperlinks. (17 minutes)
  PSYCH-MENTAL HEALTH HUB - 2021
- Select activity Top Tips to Deal with Challenging Situations: Doctor–Patient Interactions
  
  Top Tips to Deal with Challenging Situations: Doctor–Patient Interactions URL
  
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  PMC - 2017
- Select activity Development Stages and Methods of Interviewing Children
  
  Development Stages and Methods of Interviewing Children URL
  
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  Warsaw University
- Select activity Psychology Interviewing Skills Interviewing Skills for Psychology Undergraduate Students
  
  Psychology Interviewing Skills Interviewing Skills for Psychology Undergraduate Students URL
  
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  University of New South Wales - 2021
- Select activity Family Assessment Conversations as a Tool to Support Families Affected by parental mental illness: a retrospective review of electronic patient journals
  
  Family Assessment Conversations as a Tool to Support Families Affected by parental mental illness: a retrospective review of electronic patient journals URL
  
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  Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development - 2021
- Select activity Interview Techniques
  
  Interview Techniques URL
  
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  Read the following sections: (20 minutes)
  -Issues of Concern
  -Other Issues
  StatPearls [Internet] - 2021
- Select activity Mental Status Examination
  
  Mental Status Examination URL
  
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  Read the content under the headings from "Introduction" until "Enhancing Health care team outcomes". (33 minutes)
  Stat Pearls - 2021
- Select activity Engaging Patients to Improve Quality of Care: A Systematic Review
  
  Engaging Patients to Improve Quality of Care: A Systematic Review URL
  
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  Read the following sections: (34 minutes)
  -background
  -results
  -discussion and conclusion
  BMC Implementation Science - 2018
- Select activity Verbal and non-verbal communication skills including empathy during history taking of undergraduate medical students
  
  Verbal and non-verbal communication skills including empathy during history taking of undergraduate medical students URL
  
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  - Background
  - Discussion
  - Conclusion
  BMC Implementation Science - 2018
- Select activity The Use of an Interpreter During a Forensic Interview: Challenges and Considerations
  
  The Use of an Interpreter During a Forensic Interview: Challenges and Considerations URL
  
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  - Working with an Interpreter
  -Standardized intruments and an interpreter
  -conclusion
  ps.psychiatryonline.org - 2017
- Select activity Activity : Self Reflection 1 (100 minutes)
  
  Activity : Self Reflection 1 (100 minutes) Forum
  
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  In this learning activity, you will reflect on your experiences with patient interviews, particularly as it relates to history-taking, examination and medical interviewing.
  Instructions:
  Step 1: Review
  Read the required material for this lesson.
  Step 2: Reflect and Respond
  Reflect on your experience having conducted patient interviews. With a word limit of 300-450 words, you will respond to the following key points :
  What were some issues/challaanges you encountered when interviewing patients? You can reveiw the LRs “The Interview Research Method” and “Interview Techniques” to help identify any issues.
  Ways of overcoming language barriers in your setting.
  Reflect on the strengths and weaknesses of your own interviewing skills in your setting.
  Based on your reflection, in your own words, what do you think is the importance of having strong interviewing skills?
  Step 3: Share
  To share your work, click on the “Add a new discussion topic” button under this post and paste your work in the “Message” box. Make sure to reference others’ intellectual property when necessary. All references should follow 7th Edition APA formatting. For further instructions, see the resource on the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library: APA citation resource (N.B. references are excluded from word counts).
  Step 4: Interact
  To complete the activity, you will need to reply to at least two posts made by your peers in a respectful and professional manner, using the items in this Rubric to guide you. Be sure that your post engages your peers' ideas by including a reflection on their comments, sharing ideas on other potential difficulties and parties involved, or asking thought-provoking questions. If a peer comments on your posting, please reply. To post a reply, click “Reply” on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click on “Post to forum.” You may use the following as a guide:
  Item A is .…. because…. My suggestions for improvement are….
  Item B is .…. because…. My suggestions for improvement are….
  Item C is .…. because…. My suggestions for improvement are….
  Item D is .…. because…. My suggestions for improvement are….
  OPTIONAL Step 5: Interact (10 minutes)
  If you would like to, you can reply to your peers' posts in a respectful and professional manner. Ensure that your post engages your peers' ideas by including a reflection on their comments, sharing ideas of other potential difficulties and parties involved, or asking thought-provoking questions. If a peer comments on your posting, please reply. To post a reply, click “Reply” on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click on “Post to forum.”
- Select activity Case Study 16: The Case of the challenging interview
  
  Case Study 16: The Case of the challenging interview SCORM package
  
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  In this activity, you must pass the quiz to be marked as complete, and you will have unlimited attempts to complete it.
- Select activity Recommended Additional Readings
  
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  Recommended Additional Readings
- Select activity Cultural Considerations in the Classification of Mental Disorders: Why and How in ICD-11
  
  Cultural Considerations in the Classification of Mental Disorders: Why and How in ICD-11 URL
  
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  BMC Medicine - 2020
- Select activity Interviewing Techniques for Patients with Intellectual Disability
  
  Interviewing Techniques for Patients with Intellectual Disability URL
  
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  Read the content from Table 2 up to Summary. (11 minutes)
  Journal of Mental Health Disorders - 2021
- Select activity Family Assessment Conversations as a Tool to Support Families Affected by Parental Mental Illness: a Retrospective Review of Electronic Patient Journals
  
  Family Assessment Conversations as a Tool to Support Families Affected by Parental Mental Illness: a Retrospective Review of Electronic Patient Journals URL
  
  Students must
  
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  Read the following sections: (22 minutes)
  Background
  Discussion
  Conclusion.
  International Journal of Mental Health Systems - 2018
- Select activity The Interview Research Method
  
  The Interview Research Method URL
  
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  Read the entire content. (9 minutes)
  Simply Psychology - 2021
- Select activity Mental State Examination and Its Procedures—Narrative Review of Brazilian Descriptive Psychopathology
  
  Mental State Examination and Its Procedures—Narrative Review of Brazilian Descriptive Psychopathology URL
  
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  Read the following sections: (19 minutes)
  -Introduction
  -Discussion
  -Conclusion
  Frontier in Psychiatry - 2019
- Select activity Section 6: Strategies for Improving Patient Experience with Ambulatory Care
  
  Section 6: Strategies for Improving Patient Experience with Ambulatory Care URL
  
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  Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality - 2017
- Select activity Communication skills 3: non-verbal communication
  
  Communication skills 3: non-verbal communication URL
  
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  Nursing Times - 2018

Introduction

Course Registration

Peer Corner

Pre-Test

Module 1: Lesson 1: Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence

Clinical Practice Guidelines for Assessment of Children and Adolescents

Culture and Psychopathology: New Perspectives on Research, Practice, and Clinical Training in a Globalized World.

Disruptive Behavior Disorders Child with Oppositional Patterns and/or Aggressive Patterns Interfering with Functioning in Home, School, or with Peers.

Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Conduct Disorder.

School-Aged Children Who are not Progressing Academically: Considerations for Pediatricians.

Mental Health and Academic Performance: A Study on Selection and Causation Effects from Childhood to Early Adulthood.

Clinical Practice Guidelines for Assessment of Children and Adolescents.

Learning Disability

Diagnosis and Treatment of Developmental Dyslexia and Specific Learning Disabilities: Primum Non Nocere

GPs’ Suspicion of Child Abuse: How does it Arise and What is the Follow-up?

Case Study 1: 12. y.o. Boy demonstrating symptoms of behavioral disorder

Evaluation of the Child with Global Developmental Delay and Intellectual Disability

Clinical Practice Guideline for the Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Treatment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Children and Adolescents

Module 1: Lesson 2: Geriatric Psychiatry

Helpful Approaches to Older People Experiencing Mental Health Problems: A Critical Review of Models of Mental Health Care

The Geropsychiatric Interview- Assessment and Diagnosis

Interface Between General Adult and Old Age Psychiatry

Mood Disorders in the Elderly: Prevalence, Functional Impact, and Management Challenges

Suicide in Older Adults

Elderly and Polypharmacy: Physiological and Cognitive Changes

Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults: Review and Commentary of a National Academies Report

Diagnosis and Management of Elder Abuse by Family Physician

Case Study 2: Psychiatric Disorders in the elderly

Identified Mental Disorders in Older Adults in Primary Care: A Cross-Sectional Database Study

Geriatric Psychopharmacology: How Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Changes Affect Prescribing

Module 1: Lesson 3: Cognitive Disorders

Clinical Aspects of Neurobehavioral Symptoms of Dementia

DSM-5

Cognitive Impairment Evaluation and Management

Developing Guidelines for the Translation and Cultural Adaptation of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment: Scoping Review and Qualitative Synthesis

DSM-5

Clinical Practice Guidelines for Management of Delirium in Elderly

Clinical Neurology and Epidemiology of the Major Neurodegenerative Diseases

Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Mild Cognitive Impairment: An Update on Prevalence, Mechanisms, and Clinical Significance

Cognitive Impairment Evaluation and Management

Amnesia: Definition, Main Models, Classifi Cations, Neurobiological Profiles and Clinical Treatments

Chapter 5: Dementia &amp; Amnestic Disorder

Seven Reversible Causes of Dementia in Older Adults

Activity 1: Discussion Forum 1 (100 minutes)

Module 1: Lesson 4: Dissociative and Amnestic Disorders

What Are Dissociative Disorders?

Dissociation as a Trauma-Related Phenomenon

Transient Global Amnesia: Current Perspectives

Classic and Recent Advances in Understanding Amnesia

MODULE 6: DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS

Case Study 3: Female patient presenting symptoms of amnesia

DSM 5

Trauma Related Dissociation: An Introduction

United States of amnesia: rescuing memory loss from diverse conditions

Amnesia

Module 1: Lesson 5: Psychosis Spectrum Disorders

Clinical Presentation

The Clinical Characterization of the Patient with Primary Psychosis Aimed at Personalization of Management

Evidence-Based Approach to Psychosis in the Emergency Department

Structure of the Psychotic Disorders Classification in DSM-5

Canadian Guidelines for the Assessment and Diagnosis of Patients with Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders

Psychosis in Children and Adolescents

Subclinical Psychosis in Adult Migrants and Ethnic Minorities: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Psychotic Disorders in Late Life: A Narrative Review

Shamanism and the Psychosis Continuum

Rethinking the Course of Psychotic Disorders: Modelling Long-term Symptom Trajectories

From Onset and Prodromal Stage to a Life-Long Course of Schizophrenia and Its Symptom Dimensions: How Sex, Age, and Other Risk Factors Influence Incidence and Course of Illness

Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Schizophrenia in Children and Adolescents

Schizophrenia: Etiology, Pathophysiology and Management - A Review

Towards a Public Health Approach to Psychotic Disorders

Schizophrenia

Activity : Discussion Forum 2 (100 minutes)

Case Study 4: 35 y.o Patient with Psychotic Spectrum Disorder

Psychotic Spectrum Disorders: Definitions, Classifications, Neural Correlates and Clinical Profiles

The Clinical Course of Schizophrenia in Women and Men-a Nation-Wide Cohort Study

The Synaptic Pruning Hypothesis of Schizophrenia: Promises and Challenges

Psychosis

Module 1: Lesson 6: Personality Disorders

Understanding Patient Personality in Medical Care: Five-Factor Model

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Fifth Edition DSM-5

Chapter 5: Dementia & Amnestic Disorder