Wingate 60-61
Speaker(s):
Rakhshan Rouhakhtar, Pamela, PhD
Description
This talk will provide an in-depth exploration of how psychosis can be misidentified, both symptomatically and diagnostically. Broad pathways for misidentification or misattribution will be explored, including: 1) when psychosis is misperceived as the primary diagnosis; 2) when it is missed as a relevant symptom, and; 3) when it is critical to identify overlap in psychosis and other distressing experiences, such as OCD, depression, and Autism. The talk will conclude with a focus on best practices and tools to appropriately assess and diagnose psychosis (or not) and a discussion of how diagnoses related to psychosis impact individual mental health care and associated care systems.
Objectives
1. Distinguish psychosis as a syndrome from primary psychotic spectrum diagnoses
2. Identify the main pathways for misdiagnosis or misidentification of psychosis
3. Review techniques and considerations useful for appropriate and sensitive assessment and diagnosis of psychosis spectrum diagnoses
4. Discuss the implications of psychosis spectrum diagnoses on client mental health and care systems