DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION The aims of a general psychiatric evaluation are 1) to establish a psychiatric diagnosis, 2) to collect data sufficient to permit a case formulation, and 3) to develop an initial treatment plan, with particular consideration of any immediate interventions that may be needed to ensure the
patient's
safety, or, if the evaluation is a reassessment of a
patient in long - term treatment, to revise the plan of treatment in accord with new
perspectives gained from the evaluation.