PSYCHIATRIC ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF A DANGEROUS PATIENT BY DR.OSHIEGBU MOSES

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 PSYCHIATRIC ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF A DANGEROUS PATIENT BY DR.OSHIEGBU MOSES

OUTLINE

INTRODUCTION

OBJECTIVES

DEFINITION OF TERMS

ASSESSMENT

  HISTORY

  MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION(MSE)

  PHYICAL EXAMINATION

  ASSESSMENT TOOLS

  INVESTIGATIONS

MANAGEMENT

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

INTRODUCTION

•At one point or the other  in our practice of psychiatry,

 we will encounter patients that are dangerous. How we manage the

patient will have a far reaching effects on ourselves, patient and others.

The relationship between mental  illness and dangerous is complex.

•Intense media coverage of dangerous behavior perpetuated by

 patients with mental illness can lead to one think that this is a common occurrence.

Patients with mental illness are more often victims of violence than perpetrators of violence.

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