Psychiatric history
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A psychiatric history is the result of a medical process where a clinician working in the field of mental health (usually a psychiatrist) systematically records the content of an interview with a patient. This is then combined with the mental status examination to produce a "psychiatric formulation" of the person being examined.
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Psychologists take a similar history, often referred to as a psychological history.
This article mainly covers the initial assessment history taking of a patient presenting for the first time with a new complaint.