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Formulation
Description
• Name, age, sex
• Occupation
• Social/cultural/ethnic/religious group
Presenting complaint
• Description of prominent symptoms
• Development and course of the disorder
• Previous episodes of similar or other psychiatric disorder
• Present mental state
Differential diagnosis
• for and against, supported by the symptoms of…
• diagnostic hierarchy
o organic disorders, schizophrenia, affective states, …
Aetiological factors
Psychological
(Psychodynamic
Physical Social
Cognitive
Behavioural)
Predisposing
Precipitating
Perpetuating
Prognosis
• For this episode
• For life
• For morbidity and mortality
• For personal relationships
• For employment
Other sources of information
• Social – family/informants interviews, social workers, cpn, ot
• Physical investigations
• Psychological investigations
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Management
Short term Long term
Where
Pharmacological
Psychological
Social
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Formulation
by Dr Gurpal Singh Gosall
Last edited: 05/07/2001 02:04:41
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