Assessment
What are three areas of focus when completing assessments and gathering information regarding symptoms to help determine a mental health diagnosis? i.e. if someone stated they were depressed; what would be be your follow up questions?
What intensity frequency and duration
What are the ages appropriate to use PHQ-9 and GAD-7 screening tools/validated for?
What is 12 and older (possibly 13 for GAD-7)
During an interview, an 18 year old shares they have "crazy thoughts" that effects what they do day to do/dont do. When asking for examples of such, they share if they see a color of food that reminds them of a color of underwear, they have trouble eating the food because it reminds them of eating the underwear of that person. What disorder could this be an example of?
What is Obsessive Compulsive disorder
What are two areas of physical health/parts of daily living to always ask about during an assessment?
eating habits/appetite and sleep habits
a deeply ingrained and maladaptive pattern of behavior of a specified kind, typically manifest by the time one reaches adolescence and causing long-term difficulties in personal relationships or in functioning in society.
What is Personality Disorders
In an assessment, How could one determine if they are seeing hyperactivity in a child/adult verses hyperarousal linked with anxiety or a trauma related disorder?
What is anxiety screening tools GAD-7/RCADS, trauma history, developmental history in a child, asking about frequent headaches/stomach ache complaints as a child/asking the parent, ADHD screening tools: Conners/Vanderbilt
What are common specifiers a medical provider can add onto to a diagnosis?
What is with anxious distress, with mixed features, with psychotic features, with panic attacks, etc. What else do yall often use?
What is the difference between manic state and hypomanic state?
mania: 1 week or longer; can be psychotic features; severe enough to impact functioning
hypomania: at least 4 days; not severe enough to cause marked impairment in social or occupational functioning or for a need of hospitalization and no psychotic features
The diagnosis is made when the patient has features of both schizophrenia and a mood disorder—either bipolar disorder or depression—but does not strictly meet diagnostic criteria for either alone
What is Schizo-effective disorder
What are some questions to ask to screen for PTSD?
Scariest memory? Nightmares? Further questions around to anxiety leading to hyperarousal? Avoidance of triggers?
What are three types of ADHD?
Inattentive, Hyperactive and Combined