coding: presenting problems/symptoms

MHF study list ( mhf_study@psyctc.sghms.ac.uk )
Tue, 14 Jan 1997 11:15:45 +0100

Wow! 'Cos I work backward through my Email I ask for something and
it had been done before I'd asked for it. Now _that's_ what I call
efficient! I've copied the codes (not the comments, haven't reread
them) to here for easy reference for me (I've always got Netscape
open and can just point it our archive!)

I've suggested taking two of the spare codes in line with discussion
in messages I've already sent.

Codes Label
1 Depression
2 Anxiety.
3 Self-esteem problems
4 Bereavement.
5 Sleep problems
6 Stress
7 Specific relationship problems
8 Interpersonal problems
9 Eating disorder
10 Specific phobia
11 Panic/panic attacks
12 Hallucinations
13 Delusions/paranoia
14 Personality disorder/personality problems
15 Psychosexual or sexual problems
16 Childhood abuse/neglect
17 Adulthood abuse
18 Trauma/PTSD/distress in relation to specific event.
19 Suicidal/history of suicide attempts or ideation
20 Anger/violence/aggression/temper
21 Specific physical condition or diagnosis
22 Pain
23 Psychosomatic
24 Substance abuse/dependence
25 Cognitive disorder/disturbance/ general or specific learning
difficulty
26 Cancerphobia, fears of death hypochondriasis
27 Irritability
28 Obsessive compulsive disorder/problems
29 Self-harm
30 Arson/firesetting
31 Shoplifting/theft/fraud
32 Exposing
33 Other sexual offending
34 legal/forensic trouble
35 Alcohol abuse/dependence/ "alcoholism"
36 Nicotine/smoking cessation
37 Withdrawing from prescribed medication
38 Pregnancy counselling
39 Terminal care/counselling
40 Depersonalisation/derealisation/dissociation
41 Bi-polar/manic depression
42 No feelings
43 Spare
44 Spare
45 Spare
46 Spare
47 Spare
48 Other
49 Awaiting coding
50 CE/MB consensus

I suggest we use two of those spares:

43 Dysmorphophobia/specific body image disorder other than
eating disorder/request for plastic/cosmetic surgery declined...
44 Hypochondria/hypochondriasis

Chris Evans, Senior Lecturer in Psychotherapy.
Dept. Gen. Psychiatry, St. George's Hospital Medical School,
(London University), Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 0RE, Britain
Tel/fax.: (+44|0) 181 725 2540 Email: C.Evans@sghms.ac.uk
http://psyctc.sghms.ac.uk/

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