hardpsychotic symptomsfirst-episode psychosissystematic assessmenthallucinationsdelusionsdifferential diagnosis
A 23-year-old male is brought to the psychiatric emergency department by campus police after he was found standing in the middle of a campus courtyard shouting at people who were not present. He appears disheveled, suspicious, and intermittently whispers to himself during the interview. When asked whom he is talking to, he says, 'They won't leave me alone.' He has no prior psychiatric history. The PMHNP is conducting a systematic assessment of his psychotic symptoms. Which assessment approach is MOST comprehensive and clinically appropriate?