Author/Editor     Škodlar, Borut
Title     Psihiatrični pregled
Translated title     Psychiatric examination
Type     članek
Source     Med Razgl
Vol. and No.     Letnik 46, št. 3
Publication year     2007
Volume     str. 273-83
Language     slo
Abstract     The paper presents the background, conditions and procedures for psychiatric evaluation, along with its individual components, with the intention to provide medical students with some basic guidelines on how to do it. The external and internal factors which affect psychiatric evaluation are described. The core of the paper consists of sections addressing the two key parts of psychiatric evaluation: psychiatric history and assessment of the patient's mental status. Their components, definitions and relevant clinical examples are described in detail.
Descriptors     MENTAL DISORDERS
MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING
INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL
HEALTH EXPENDITURES