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| Psychiatric assessment in community practice
| Doctors may be called on to make a psychiatric assessment at any time or place, including emergencies.
| | | Success depends on engaging with the patient's major concerns first, winning trust and laying the foundation for more formal assessment of diagnosis and treatment later.
| | | The basic questions are: is the person physically unwell, under the influence of mind-altering substances, psychiatrically unwell, or suffering from a personality disorder? These diagnoses may coexist.
| | Assessments in the community can be stressful or dangerous; clinicians should take steps to look after themselves.
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