History of Presenting Illness (HPI)1. Polyuria: ➔ Frequency"Are you urinating more frequently than usual during the day? How frequent?" ➔ Nocturia"Do you wake up from sleep to urinate?""How many times compared to the past?" ➔ Review lower urinary tract symptomsChief Complaints:...
·History of the present illness(HPI)– details about the complaints, enumerated in the CC. (Also often called 'History of presenting complaint' or HPC.) ·Past medical history(PMH)(including major illnesses, any previous surgery/operations (sometimes distinguished as "Past Surgical History" or P...
s Einstein College of Medicine he specialised in psychiatry – to focus on ‘the ‘person’ rather than the ‘organism’’ (20) – and sought mentorship from the distinguished yet unconventional psychiatrist John Thompson who specialised in medical ethics, phenomenology of mental illness and the ...
The "death-capitulators," by virtue of some strong emotion, play a psychological role in hastening their own demise. These people give in to death or "scare themselves to death." Shneidman includes in this category voodoo deaths and other deaths in which psychosomatic illness and higher risk...
In addition, although few studies have evaluated a family history of psychiatric illness as a predisposing factor, no clear relationship has been identified.9 There is also no clear predisposition to recurrent corticosteroid-induced psychiatric effects among patients who have experienced a single adverse...
history of the present illness?(abbreviated HPI) (termed?history of presenting complaint(HPC) in the UK) refers to a detailed interview prompted by the?chief complaint?or?presenting symptom?(for example,?pain). Full sentences in chronological manner Be descriptive not analytic Including the onset ...
For example, a case report describes a 7-year-old boy presenting to the emergency department in a coma after ingesting the equivalent of 100 mg/kg of carbamazepine. [22] Ingestion history In children younger than 6 years, ingestions of carbamazepine are commonly unintentional. Suicidal ...
Chapter 1 THE HISTORY OF FAMILY THERAPY Conceptual and Clinical Influences F amily therapy as a distinct method of psychotherapy practice did not actually emerge until the early 1960s. However, the conceptual and clinical influences that informed the development of family therapy can be traced to a...
Presenting calling card to a discerning butler Many calling cards told a story, and even the way the corners of a calling card were folded could send a message. A bent upper left corner meant congratulations. A folded lower left? Condolences. Lower right said farewell, while an upper right...
Annie:It has to be the story of the St Brice’s Day Massacre, sanctioned by King Æthelred the Unready, where a number of Danes were chased through Oxford into a church which was then set on fire. It sounds like the scene from a bad Hollywood historical film, but it really happene...