MENTAL HEALTH NURSING ASSESSMENT 📚 Purpose of Psychiatric History Taking 🧠 Components of Psychiatric History Taking 1️⃣ Identifying Data 2️⃣ Chief Complaints 3️⃣ History of Present Illness (HPI) 4️⃣ Past Psychiatric History 5️⃣ Past Medical and Surgical History 6️⃣ Family History 7️⃣ Personal History 8️⃣ Premorbid Personality 9️⃣ Mental Status Examination (MSE) 🔟 Risk Assessment 📖 Golden One-Liner: 👉 “A good psychiatric history is as important as the diagnosis itself.”