In selecting the primary diagnosis I was guided with critical thinking process that involved clinical reasoning on the basis of the presented case. By employing my clinical knowledge I was able to determine the client’s health problem. First, I developed a decision making model that involves gathering of necessary information from the patient, integration of the collected data, interpretation, and working on the probable diagnosis (Kalid et al., 2018).Assessing and Diagnosing Patients With Mood Disorders. diagnosis process starts by considering the patient’s signs and symptoms within health context. To remain with a working diagnosis in this context then I had to list some of the probable diagnosis. Then with application of clinical knowledge was able to eliminate some diagnosis based on the patients symptoms and this gave a definite result further as I continue with diagnostic process (Norman et al., 2017). In addition, the process was aided by presence of pertinent positive that involved presence of fear and guilt this enabled ruling out of the disorder easily. On the other hand, pertinent negative involved no weight loss or loss of appetite.Assessing and Diagnosing Patients With Mood Disorders.
Reflections: According to my reflection in this case, I would require more information from the family members to seek more history to know if there is anyone with such a condition. More so, on ethical consideration on the case study going beyond critical thinking confidentiality aspect should be maintained by the psychiatrist on the fact that client could not wish to be seen by anyone. Still, on consent for treatment the psychiatrist should treat the client by engaging the patient fully (Penzenstadler et al., 2019).Assessing and Diagnosing Patients With Mood Disorders.
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