Initial Evaluation Template:
Identification: Jane Doe, 32 years old, Female
Chief Complaint: "Feeling overwhelmed and constantly worried for the past six months."
History of Present Illness:
Ms. Doe presents with a six-month history of generalised anxiety, manifesting as persistent worry about everyday tasks, her job, and her family's well-being. She reports difficulty concentrating, muscle tension, and irritability. Symptoms are worse during periods of high work stress and have been progressively worsening, impacting her social life and sleep. She denies any specific triggers but notes a gradual escalation of her anxious feelings.
Psychiatric review of systems:
Depressive symptoms: Reports low mood occasionally, but denies anhedonia or suicidal ideation. States her low mood is usually a direct result of her anxiety.
Anxiety symptoms: Constant, pervasive worry, difficulty controlling worry, feeling keyed up or on edge, difficulty concentrating, muscle tension, and sleep disturbance. Experiences occasional panic-like symptoms but denies full-blown panic attacks.
Sleep: Difficulty falling asleep due to racing thoughts, wakes frequently throughout the night, and often feels unrefreshed in the morning. Averages 4-5 hours of fragmented sleep per night.
Appetite: Reports decreased appetite due to anxiety, with occasional nausea. Has lost approximately 3 kg over the past two months.
Suicidal and homicidal ideations: Denies any suicidal ideations, plans, or attempts. Denies any homicidal ideations or plans.
Auditory and visual hallucinations: Denies any auditory or visual hallucinations.
Delusions/paranoia: Denies any delusional or paranoid thinking.
Manic symptoms: Denies elevated mood, increased energy, decreased need for sleep, or rapid speech.
Past Psychiatric History:
- Prior diagnosis: None prior to this presentation.
- Hospitalizations in psychiatric units: Denies any psychiatric hospitalisations.
- Previous suicide attempts: Denies any previous suicide attempts.
- History of self harm: Denies any history of self-harm behaviours.
- Access to firearms: Does not have access to firearms.
- Psychotropic medications: No current or past use of psychotropic medications.
- Current psychiatrist and therapist: No current mental health care providers.
- Cures report: CURES report not available at this time.
Initial Evaluation Template:
Identification: [Patient name, age, and gender] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely.)
Chief Complaint: [Patient's chief complaint] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely.)
History of Present Illness:
[Brief summary of patient's history of present illness, including onset, duration, and severity of symptoms] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely.)
Psychiatric review of systems:
Depressive symptoms: [Description of patient's depressive symptoms] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely.)
Anxiety symptoms: [Description of patient's anxiety symptoms] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely.)
Sleep: [Description of patient's sleep patterns and any related symptoms] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely.)
Appetite: [Description of patient's appetite] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely.)
Suicidal and homicidal ideations: [Patient's report of suicidal or homicidal ideations or plans] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely.)
Auditory and visual hallucinations: [Patient's report of auditory or visual hallucinations] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely.)
Delusions/paranoia: [Description of any delusional or paranoid thinking exhibited by the patient] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely.)
Manic symptoms: [Patient's report of manic symptoms] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely.)
Past Psychiatric History:
- Prior diagnosis: [Patient's prior psychiatric diagnoses] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely.)
- Hospitalizations in psychiatric units: [Patient's history of psychiatric hospitalizations] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely.)
- Previous suicide attempts: [Patient's history of suicide attempts] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely.)
- History of self harm: [Patient's history of self-harm behaviors] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely.)
- Access to firearms: [Patient's access to firearms] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely.)
- Psychotropic medications: [Patient's current or past use of psychotropic medications] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely.)
- Current psychiatrist and therapist: [Patient's current mental health care providers] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely.)
- Cures report: [Availability of patient's CURES report] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely.)
(For each section, only include if explicitly mentioned in transcript or context, else omit section entirely. Never come up with your own patient details, assessment, plan, interventions, evaluation, or next steps—use only the transcript, contextual notes, or clinical note as reference for all information. If any information related to a placeholder has not been explicitly mentioned, do not state that in the output; simply leave the relevant placeholder or section out entirely. Use as many lines, paragraphs, or bullet points as needed to capture all relevant information from the transcript.)