Assessment and Diagnosis in Mental Health

What are some common risk factors for mental illness?

Which assessment tools can be used for diagnosing mental illness?

What should be considered when making a diagnosis?

Which disorders have both biological and psychological/social risk factors?

What should be included in a history taking for mental illness?

What should be assessed when evaluating the impact of mental illness?

What are some common impacts of mental illness?

Assessment tools include clinical interviews, questionnaires, neuropsychological testing, brain imaging, and psychophysiological tests.
Diagnosis and assessment should consider cultural issues and multiple sources/tools.
Common risk factors for mental illness include genetics, biochemical abnormalities, brain problems, fetal brain development, and other medical conditions.
Psychological and social risk factors include traumatic experiences, excessive stress, attachment/family issues, temperament, and learned behaviors.
Psychosis, major depression, and anxiety disorders have biological and psychological/social risk factors.
History taking should include past psychiatric/medical history, personal history, and family history.
Risk, protection, and impact should be assessed, including triggers/causes, impact, relationships/support network, home/employment/financial situation, and safety issues.
Common impacts of mental illness include death/suicide, self-harm, comorbidities, occupational/social dysfunction, familial conflicts/violence, high care burdens, and economic burdens.
DSM is a work in progress and diagnoses have fuzzy boundaries and comorbidity is common.
Caution should be taken to avoid overmedicalizing and to address culture-bound syndromes when working with clients from different cultures.

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