The Danis Weber and Lauge-Hansen classification systems are useful for systematic diagnosis and formulation of a treatment plan of specific fracture patterns and ligamentous injuries.
As a valued member of the multidisciplinary treatment team on the Inpatient Services Unit, the fellow will acquire or further develop their skills in: comprehensive admissions assessments; differential diagnosis; case formulation; treatment planning; case presentations; individual and group psychotherapy; disposition planning; and preparation of progress notes and discharge summaries.
The purpose of the MSE is to obtain a comprehensive cross-sectional description of the patient's mental state, which, when combined with the biographical and historical information of the psychiatric history, allows the clinician to make an accurate diagnosis and formulation, which are required for coherent treatment planning.
Biliary MUC4 and serum MUC5AC are highly specific tumour-associated mucins that may be useful in the diagnosis and formulation of therapeutic strategies in BTC.
In multi-ethnic Singapore, further challenges may arise from cultural differences, as well as the family's involvement in disclosure of cancer diagnosis and formulation of treatment options.
A key part of the lack of referral even for a full assessment was because of the time restrictions on GP appointments in giving justified time required for a diagnosis and formulation (box 2).
At this meeting, the consultant does not spend valuable time revisiting issues that have been adequately covered during the assessment; rather he/she aims to address any outstanding uncertainties, provide a diagnosis and formulation and agree a management/treatment plan.
It is noteworthy that DSM-IV criteria for the ADHD diagnosis and formulations in some of the BRIEF-P items, particularly in the Inhibit and Working Memory scales, are different in content but similar in concept [ 13].
The information obtained in the MSE is used, together with the biographical and social information of the psychiatric history, to generate a diagnosis, a psychiatric formulation and a treatment plan.
