Components Biopsychosocial Assessment
Name the 5 components of this assessment?
What is:
1. Biological
2. Psychological
3. Social
4. Spiritual
5. Cultural
What is included in the Biological Section?
What is:
1. Medical History
2. Developmental History
3. Current meds
4. Substance Abuse History
5. Family History of MI
Name the 8 components of MSE?
1. appearance
2. orientation
3. speech pattern
4. affect/mood
5. impulsive/potential for harm
6. Judgement/insight
7. thought process/reality testing
8. intellectual functioning/memory
Impulsive/Potential for Harm includes?
What is:
1. impulsive control related to potential of suciduality and harm to others
What is the circulatory system?
What is:
1. The body's transport system of blood
-group of organs that transport blood through out the body, the heart pumps the blood to the arteries and veins then transport it!
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What systems are explored in the systems approach?
What is:
1. family
2. school
3. work
4. government
5. Individual behavior
What is included in the psychological section?
What is:
1. Assesses client's present psychiatric illness/symptoms
2. History of current MI symptoms
3. Past or current psychosocial stressors and mental status
Appearance includes?
What is:
1. facial expression
2. grooming (hygiene)
3. dress (weather appropriate)
4. gait (how they walk)
Judgement and insight includes?
What is:
1. Ability to predict consequences
2. to make "sensible choices"
3. recognize responsibility in the problem
What is the Digestive System?
What is:
1. Made up of organs that break down food into protein, vitamins, minerals, fats, and carbs
-body needs this for energy, growth, and repair
What are 2 special points in the Biological Section?
What is:
1. Medical issues should be explored because MI symptoms can EXACERBATE psychiatric symptoms
2. Review meds with doctor about med side effects, can MASK or EXACERBATE psychiatric symptoms
What is included in the social section?
What is:
1. Client systems and unique client context (story and details)
2. Identifying strengths and resources available for treatment planning
Orientation includes?
1. awareness of time
- places and events
Thought processes/ Reality testing includes?
What is:
1. Thinking styles
2. Ability to know reality
3. is stimuli coming from inside self or outside of self (i.e. delusions, hallucinations)
What is the Endocrine System?
What is:
1. Hormones that control sexual development, growth, and metabolism
Why is the Biopsychosocial Assessment used?
What is:
To provide information on the presenting issue, the client's past and present psychical health, developmental milestones, client's emotional function, educational/vocational background, cultural issues, spiritual and religious beliefs, environmental issues, and social functioning.
The topics that are included in the Social Section?
What is:
1. sexual idenity issues/concerns
2. personal history
3. family of orgin history
4. support system
5. abuse history
6. education/legal history
7. relationship status
8. work history
9. risks
Speech Patterns include?
What is:
1. slurred
2. pressured (faster pace, "feel like" can't STOP)
3. slow
4. flate tone
5. calm
Intellectual functioning/Memory includes?
What is:
1. level of intelligence
2. recent and remote (long-term and short-term memory functions
What is the Immune System?
What is:
Body's defense system made up of cells, cell products, tissues and organs that fight against bacteria, viruses, and substances that enter the body through the environment
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What approach in the assessment of client mental health should be used?
What is:
The Systems Approach
The topics that are included in Psychological section?
What is:
1. How problem has been treated in the past
2. past or present meds
3. family history of substance abuse and MI issues
Affect/Mood includes?
What is:
1. Mood
- behavior of mood
-client's statements
(i.e. sad, jittery, manic, placid (numb))
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What is Differential Diagnosis?
What is:
1. Systemic diagnostic method used to identify the presence of an entity (existence of MI as compared to the symptoms) where multiple alternatives are possible
What is the Lymphatic System?
What is:
ALSO, a defense system that filters out organisms that cause disease, produces white blood cells and make disease fighting antibodies
Distributes fluids and nutrients in the body and drains excess fluids and protiens so tissues don't swell!