Assignment: Assessing and Diagnosing Patients With Neurocognitive and Neurodevelopmental Disorders

To Prepare:

• Review this      week’s Learning Resources and consider the insights they provide. Consider      how neurocognitive impairments may have similar presentations to other      psychological disorders.
• Review the      Comprehensive Psychiatric Evaluation template, which you will use to      complete this Assignment.
• select a      specific video case study to use for this Assignment from the Video Case      Selections choices in the Learning Resources. View your assigned video      case and review the additional data for the case in the “Case History      Reports” document, keeping the requirements of the evaluation template in      mind.
• Consider      what history would be necessary to collect from this patient.
• Consider      what interview questions you would need to ask this patient.
• Identify at      least three possible differential diagnoses for the patient.

Complete and submit your Comprehensive Psychiatric Evaluation, including your differential diagnosis and critical-thinking process to formulate primary diagnosis.
Incorporate the following into your responses in the template:

• Subjective: What details      did the patient provide regarding their chief complaint and symptomology      to derive your differential diagnosis? What is the duration and severity      of their symptoms? How are their symptoms impacting their functioning in      life?