Psychiatric Patient History Taking and Nomenclature,
Abstract
The supposedly disparate elements of a case study, history and nomenclature are considered. They are not however, disparate at all. It touches on a fundamental principle in evaluating patients. A patient's mental illness can only be understood by evaluating the social context of his illness and his own personality substrate. When these elements, which we may roughly discover in evaluating the chief complaints and developmental history respectively, are carefully examined, a pattern will usually emerge. That pattern will point toward a categorization of the patient. That categorization is a diagnosis. A diagnostic label amounts to an administrative and legal decision about a patient. Use it cautiously and in keeping with the best interests of the patient and the Army.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1981
- Accession Number
- ADA100413
Entities
People
- Franklin D. Jones