A Psychiatric Review of Symptoms by the American Academy of Family Physicians
This work by the author of the article below provide useful tools for quick and fairly accurate examination of symptoms which can lend a provisional psychiatric diagnosis. That being said, interviewing techniques can be used to increase the accuracy of self-report but collateral information from physiological evidence and other sources (other clinicians, family, etc) greatly improves the accuracy of these evaluations. Please link to the site for the full article. The Psychiatric Review of Symptoms: A Screening Tool for Family Physicians DANIEL J. CARLAT, M.D., Anna Jacques Hospital, Newburyport, Massachusetts The psychiatric review of symptoms is a useful screening tool for identifying patients who have psychiatric disorders. The approach begins with a mnemonic encompassing the major psychiatric disorders: depression, personality disorders, substance abuse disorders, anxiety disorders, somatization disorder, eating disorders, cognitive disorders and psychotic disorders. For each categ