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Clinical Guidance

How to Document Daily Progress Notes

November 26, 2024

Victoria Hendrick, MD and Daniel Carlat, MD

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Progress notes should be succinct, readable notes that summarize your patient’s progress over the last 24 hours (or whatever interval your hospital requires)

Clinical Guidance

Discharge Summaries: Essential Components for Continuity of Care

November 26, 2024

Victoria Hendrick, MD and Daniel Carlat, MD

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Efficient Psychiatric Interviewing Techniques

Clinical Guidance

Techniques for the Psychiatric Interview

November 26, 2024

Victoria Hendrick, MD and Daniel Carlat, MD

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Efficient Psychiatric Interviewing Techniques

Clinical Guidance

Suicide Risk in the Older Adult

November 26, 2024

Daniel Carlat, MD

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Suicidal thoughts in older adults (OAs) require urgent attention due to high suicide mortality.

Clinical Guidance

Suicide Risk Factors vs Protective Factors

November 26, 2024

Daniel Carlat, MD

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Many psychiatric units require that you add suicide risk factors vs protective factors to your progress notes or treatment plans.

Clinical Guidance

Mental Status Examination: Key Components and Interpretation

November 26, 2024

Victoria Hendrick, MD and Daniel Carlat, MD

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The MSE provides a structured way of observing and describing a patient’s current mental state.

Clinical Guidance

How to Perform the Neurological Exam

November 26, 2024

Victoria Hendrick, MD and Daniel Carlat, MD

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Occasionally, you’ll need to assess neurological function in a psychiatric inpatient beyond the standard physical exam.

Clinical Guidance

How to Conduct the Physical Exam

November 26, 2024

Victoria Hendrick, MD and Daniel Carlat, MD

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In many hospitals, medical hospitalists conduct screening physicals for all admissions.

Clinical Guidance

How to Conduct a Psychiatric Emergency Department Evaluation

November 26, 2024

Victoria Hendrick, MD and Daniel Carlat, MD

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Evaluating new patients in the psychiatric emergency department (ED) can be demanding and high-pressure.

Clinical Guidance

Assessing Suicide Risk

November 26, 2024

Victoria Hendrick, MD and Daniel Carlat, MD

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Assessing suicide risk is one of the most critical responsibilities on an inpatient psychiatric unit.

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