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Useful Mental Health Articles

Sunday, October 24, 2004

A reminder for myself to read before final exams…..
Useful series of articles on key mental health areas… great summaries for revision and study purposes – and with an Australian slant on it.
MJA Mental Health Series.

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Presenting The Mental Health Viva

Wednesday, May 26, 2004

The Mental Health Viva is split into three sections.
According to Jane Turner (Block Head), the following is expected:
You are expected to highlight the core features (please don’t just read out the proforma!) including key aspects of mental state, then give a diagnosis and differential. The examiners will ask you what other information you want (gaps [...]

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Management of a Mental Patient (VIVA)

Wednesday, May 26, 2004

Management Considerations of a patient with a mental illness (considered after performing a Psychiatric History and after having formulated answers to the Mental State Examination.

Immediate Risk / Grounds for admission
Does the patient show signs that they may be a risk to themselves or to others around them?
Is the patient in such a state that [...]

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Mental State Examination

Wednesday, May 26, 2004

The MSE should be in the back of one’s mind when performing a Psychiatric History taking exercise.
Note: the MSE should be made up of observations and answers given during the history taking exercise – not based on the history of the patient etc.
The Mental State Examination Consists of:

Appearance
Are they dishevelled (may indicate depression, schizophrenia [...]

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Psych History Taking

Wednesday, May 26, 2004

When taking a Psychiatric History the following headings should be considered:

Presenting Complaint
What is the psychiatric problem of interest in this patient.
History of presenting complaint
Tease out the details of the presenting complaint including precipitating factors that might have caused this presentation. Ascertain whether this is a new problem or a presentation of an old [...]

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Exams! UCK!

Wednesday, March 24, 2004

Exams are LOOOOMING!!!.
How horrible. Got the timetable for viva today. I’m on for 0900 Thursday morning. Eeeeek. Well at least it will be over and done with. I swear it will not be pretty.
Michelle is up first – then me…then Theresa. I fear that I shall be [...]

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