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The **Psychiatric Interview** involves a balance of being empathetic, asking the right questions, and thinking about the diagnostic criteria carefully for psychiatric disorders. Remember, everyone has a different way of interviewing, but every question you ask should have a //purpose//. Are you trying to elicit symptoms? Understand someone's life history? Understand their safety risks? Just as a good surgeon makes no unnecessary incisions on the patient during a surgery, a good psychiatrist should ask no unnecessary questions during the interview. This does not mean that your interview be devoid of substance or empathy, but that you make every question //count//. Below is a template to guide you. | The **Psychiatric Interview** involves a balance of being empathetic, asking the right questions, and thinking about the diagnostic criteria carefully for psychiatric disorders. Remember, everyone has a different way of interviewing, but every question you ask should have a //purpose//. Are you trying to elicit symptoms? Understand someone's life history? Understand their safety risks? Just as a good surgeon makes no unnecessary incisions on the patient during a surgery, a good psychiatrist should ask no unnecessary questions during the interview. This does not mean that your interview be devoid of substance or empathy, but that you make every question //count//. Below is a template to guide you. | ||
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+ | * Ask neutral questions early | ||
+ | * Ask "threatening/challenging questions" later: psychotic symptoms, suicide/homicide, substance use history, cognitive testing | ||
+ | * Be careful of using leading questions and piggybacking multiple symptoms along. (e.g. - "How's your sleep, appetite, and mood?") | ||
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- | * Ask neutral questions early | ||
- | * Ask "threatening/challenging questions" later: psychotic symptoms, suicide/homicide, substance use history, cognitive testing | ||
- | * Be careful of using leading questions and piggybacking multiple symptoms along. (e.g. - "How's your sleep, appetite, and mood?") | ||
== Subspecialty == | == Subspecialty == | ||
<alert icon="fa fa-arrow-circle-right fa-lg fa-fw" type="success">See also: **[[teaching:geriatric-psych-interview]]** and **[[teaching:child-adol-psych-interview]]**</alert> | <alert icon="fa fa-arrow-circle-right fa-lg fa-fw" type="success">See also: **[[teaching:geriatric-psych-interview]]** and **[[teaching:child-adol-psych-interview]]**</alert> | ||
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===== Patient ID ===== | ===== Patient ID ===== | ||
Ask pertinent social history upfront: this allows you to frame the interview and know your patient's social situation. | Ask pertinent social history upfront: this allows you to frame the interview and know your patient's social situation. |