Assignment 3: Pharmacologic and
nonpharmacologic treatments
Assignment 3: Pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic treatments
Develop a Focused SOAP Note, including your differential
diagnosis and critical-thinking process to formulate a 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?
Objective: What observations did you make during the psychiatric
assessment?
Assessment: Discuss the patient’s mental status examination
results. What were your differential diagnoses? Provide a
minimum of three possible diagnoses with supporting evidence,
listed in order from highest priority to lowest priority. Compare the
DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for each differential diagnosis and
explain what DSM-5 criteria rules out the differential diagnosis to
find an accurate diagnosis. Explain the critical-thinking process
that led you to the primary diagnosis you selected. Include
pertinent positives and pertinent negatives for the specific patient
case.
Plan: What is your plan for psychotherapy? What is your plan for
treatment and management, including alternative therapies?
Include pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic treatments,

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