THE PSYCHIATRIC EVALUATION AND EVIDENCE-BASED RATING SCALES

P​‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‌‌‌‍​ost a brief explanation of three important components of the psychiatric interview and why you consider these elements important. Explain the psychometric properties of the rating scale you were assigned. Explain when it is appropriate to use this rating scale with clients during the psychiatric interview and how the scale is helpful to a nurse practitioner’s psychiatric assessment. Support your approach with evidence-based literature. rating scale that was assigned: McLean Screen reading material American Psychiatric Association. (2022). Section I: DSM-5 basics. In Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders Links to an external site.(5th ed., text rev.). https://go.openathens.net/redirector/waldenu.edu?url=https://dsm.psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.5555/appi.books.9780890425787.Section_1 Carlat, D. J. (2017). The psychiatric interview (4th ed.). Wolters Kluwer. Chapter 34, Writing Up the Results of the Interview Sadock, B. J., Sadock, V. A., & Ruiz, P. (2015). Kaplan & Sadock’s synopsis of psychiatry (11th ed.). Wolters Kluwer. Chapter 5, Examination and Diagnosis of the Psychiatric Patient Chapter 6, Classification in Psychiatry Chapter 31, Child Ps​‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‌‌‌‍​ychiatry (Sections 31.1 and 31.2 only) American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (1995). Practice parameters for the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents Links to an external site.. https://www.aacap.org/App_Themes/AACAP/docs/practice_parameters/psychiatric_assessment_practice_parameter.pdf American Psychiatric Association. (2016). Practice guidelines for the psychiatric evaluation of adults Links to an external site.(3rd ed.). https://psychiatryonline.org/doi/pdf/10.1176/appi.books.9780890426760 Sadock, B. J., Sadock, V. A., & Ruiz, P. (2017). Classification in psychiatry. In Kaplan and Sadock’s Concise Textbook of Clinical Psychiatry Links to an external site.(4th ed., pp. 1–8). Wolters Kluwer. Sadock, B. J., Sadock, V. A., & Ruiz, P. (2017). Psychiatric interview, history, and mental status examination. In Kaplan and Sadock’s Concise Textbook of Clinical Psychiatry Links to an external site.(4th ed., pp. 39–52). Wolters Kluwer. Sadock, B. J., Sadock, V. A., & Ruiz, P. (2017). Medical assessment and laboratory testing in psychiatry. In Kaplan and Sadock’s Concise Textbook of Clinical Psychiatry Links to an external site. (4th ed., pp. 16–21)​‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‌‌‌‍​. Wolters Kluwer.

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