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# Psychiatric assessment and psychopathology

The interview, mental status exam, signs and symptoms, classification, and assessing children and older adults.

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## Technique

- [**Assessing children and adolescents in mental health** How to assess a child's or teenager's mental health: several informants, development in mind…](https://durgical.com/en/behavioral-science/assessing-children-and-adolescents-in-mental-health/)
- [**Assessing older adults in mental health** In older adults, first rule out delirium and medical causes, then look for depression, dementia…](https://durgical.com/en/behavioral-science/assessing-older-adults-in-mental-health/)
- [**The mental status examination** A structured description of how a person looks, behaves, speaks, feels, thinks and perceives…](https://durgical.com/en/behavioral-science/the-mental-status-examination/)
- [**The psychiatric interview** A structured conversation that gathers the psychiatric history, checks safety and builds the…](https://durgical.com/en/behavioral-science/the-psychiatric-interview/)

## Concept

- [**Classifying mental disorders: DSM-5-TR and ICD-11** The two manuals that define mental disorders, how they differ, and what is needed before a…](https://durgical.com/en/behavioral-science/classifying-mental-disorders-dsm-5-tr-and-icd-11/)
- [**Psychopathology: affect, mood, consciousness and memory** The words used to describe emotions, alertness, attention and memory problems, and what each one…](https://durgical.com/en/behavioral-science/psychopathology-affect-mood-consciousness-and-memory/)
- [**Psychopathology: perception and thought (hallucinations, delusions, thought disorder)** The exact words for false perceptions, false beliefs and disordered thinking, and what each one…](https://durgical.com/en/behavioral-science/psychopathology-perception-and-thought/)

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Educational content on behavior and the clinical relationship; not a diagnostic or treatment guide and no substitute for assessment by a health professional. If you or someone near you is at risk, seek help now from an emergency service or a mental-health helpline.

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