Site Map	Elicit a History of Psychotic Symptoms (Delusions & Hallucinations)

• Introduce yourself and check the patient's identity
• Attempt to establish rapport with patient
• Appropriate use of questions, open, closed and clarifying
• Use of verbal and non-verbal encouragement
• Elicit previous history of psychiatric disorder
• Enquire about
  • Interference with thought
  • External forces controlling
  • Special meanings in events and experiences
  • Feelings of someone trying to harm patient
  • Feelings of grandiosity
  • Feelings of guilt & worthlessness
  • Hallucinations
    • Auditory
    • Visual
    • Olfactory
    • Tactile
• Assess patient's insight and attribution of symptoms
• Acknowledge patient's concerns and feelings
• Encourage patient's questions and deal with them appropriately
• Appropriate summary and analysis of findings

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