Physician associates course: assessment and mental state - NHSE

By the end of this Masterclass, physician associates will:

• Know what is required when taking a full psychiatric history
• Know all the elements of a comprehensive psychiatric risk assessment
• Know all of the elements of a mental state examination
• Start to be able to describe common psychopathology using the mental state examination structure
• Understand why someone may escalate, and know the principles of verbal de-escalation using the Calm-Relate-Manage model
• Have an awareness of the broad groups of medication used to treat psychiatric ill health and how they may impact physical health
• Recognise the broad principles of the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act, and how they may be applied