Discussion 2

Post 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 practitioners psychiatric assessment. Support your approach with evidence-based literature. Learning Resources Required Readings American Psychiatric Association. (2022). Section I: DSM-5 basics. In Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed., text rev.). American Psychiatric Association. (2022). Classification. In Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed., text rev., pp. xiii-xl). Review Carlat, D. J. (2024). The psychiatric interview (5th ed.). Wolters Kluwer. Chapter 35, Writing Up the Results of the Interview Boland, R. & Verduin, M. L. & Ruiz, P. (2022). Kaplan & Sadocks synopsis of psychiatry (12th ed.). Wolters Kluwer. Chapter 1, Examination and Diagnosis of the Psychiatric Patient American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (1995). Practice parameters for the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents. American Psychiatric Association. (2016). Practice guidelines for the psychiatric evaluation of adults (3rd ed.). Sadock, B. J., Sadock, V. A., & Ruiz, P. (2017). Classification in psychiatry. In Kaplan and Sadocks Concise Textbook of Clinical Psychiatry (4th ed., pp. 18). Wolters Kluwer. Sadock, B. J., Sadock, V. A., & Ruiz, P. (2017). Psychiatric interview, history, and mental status examination. In Kaplan and Sadocks Concise Textbook of Clinical Psychiatry (4th ed., pp. 3952). Wolters Kluwer. Sadock, B. J., Sadock, V. A., & Ruiz, P. (2017). Medical assessment and laboratory testing in psychiatry. In Kaplan and Sadocks Concise Textbook of Clinical Psychiatry (4th ed., pp. 1621). Wolters Kluwer. Required Media Classroom Productions. (Producer). (2015). Diagnostic criteria [Video]. Walden University. MedEasy. (2017). Psychiatric history taking and the mental status examination | USMLE & COMLEX [Video]. YouTube. Psychiatry Lectures. (2015). Psychiatry lecture: How to do a psychiatric assessment [Video]. YouTube.