IME,Inc.
211 Beaumont
Traverse City,
Michigan MI 49684
Tel: (800)
968-4637
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The
psychiatric IME A
comprehensive psychiatric evaluation and report should contain
the following elements: introduction noting the context of the
evaluation and the sources of information used; review of all
records including medical, legal, vocational, investigative;
patient's history of injury and/or disability and
emotional/psychiatric response; review of present psychiatric
status; past history of psychiatric symptoms and/or treatment; a
review of any collateral interviews that may be relevant; social
and developmental history; medical history; history of family
psychiatric illness; mental status examination; summary and
assessment; DSM IV diagnoses; recommendation; and conclusions. Diagnoses In the context of diagnosing injury or disability conditions, one must consider that without exception, early life experiences and developmental issues will interplay with and have an effect on future psychiatric conditions and an individual's personality development. Chronic
pain (somatoform pain) This
appears in various forms, including: chest pain, pelvic pain,
fibromyalgia, back pain, hysterical/conversion pain, and
headache. Risk factors commonly seen among patients with chronic pain disorders include: loss of early childhood care- givers; history of physical or sexual abuse; poor scholastic achievement; multiple (greater than two) marriages; brief periods of employment; poor military history; lower intellectual functioning; history of disability among other family members; conflict with employer; and job dissatisfaction Somatoform
disorder This is a chronic but fluctuating disorder which begins early in life, and is characterized by recurrent and multiple somatic complaints for which medical attention is sought but which are not apparently due to physical illness. Somatization This is a psychological defense mechanism which describes a subconscious process by which a patient translates emotional distress into bodily complaints. It may also mean the , presentation of somatic symptoms in the absence of disease or tissue damage, regardless of diagnostic category.
Major
depression This
may include or reflect a depressed mood most of the day,
accompanied by lack of pleasure in
daily activities, weight change, sleep disturbance, psychomotor
agitation or retardation, fatigue, feelings of
worthlessness or guilt, decreased ability to concentrate,
recurrent thoughts of death or suicide. Major depression is more than just feeling temporarily "down" and can be significantly disabling. It also can vary in degree and accompanying features. Dysthymic
disorder/depressive neurosis Characterized by a depressed mood for most of the day, more days than
not, as indicated by subjective account or observation by others,
over a period of at least 2 years. Post-traumatic
stress disorder (PTSD) Development of certain symptoms following the witnessing or experiencing of an event or events that involved actual or threatened death or physical injury, or a threat to the physical integrity of self or others. Symptoms include avoidance and estrangement from others, autonomic and cognitive symptoms, recurrent distressing dreams or recollections of the event(s), a sense of re-living the trauma, distress at exposure to cues that remind one of the events as well as physiological reactivity on exposure to such cues. PTSD sufferers may avoid stimuli associated with trauma, and experience a numbing of general responsiveness. There may be persistent symptoms of increased arousal, and clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.
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