Homework
Psychotic disorders change one's sense of reality and cause abnormal thinking and perception. Patients presenting with psychotic disorders may suffer from delusions or hallucinations or may display negative symptoms such as lack of emotion or withdraw from social situations or relationships. Symptoms of medication-induced movement disorders can be mild or lethal and can include, for example, tremors, dystonic reactions, or serotonin syndrome.
For this Homework, you will complete a focused SOAP note for a patient in a case study who has either a schizophrenia spectrum, other psychotic, or medication-induced movement disorder.
a. Review the Focused SOAP Note template, which you will use to complete this Homework. There is also a Focused SOAP Note Exemplar provided as a guide for Homework expectations.
b. Review the video, Case Study: Sherman Tremaine. You will use this case as the basis of this Homework. In this video, a Walden faculty member is assessing a mock patient. The patient will be represented onscreen as an avatar.
c. Consider what history would be necessary to collect from this patient.
d. Consider what interview questions you would need to ask this patient.
Task
Develop a focused SOAP note, including your differential diagnosis and critical-thinking process to formulate a primary diagnosis.
Format your homework according to the give formatting requirements:
a. The answer must be double spaced, typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
b. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the course title, the student's name, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
c. Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.