Catamnesis
Encyclopedia
Catamnesis is the follow-up history of a patient after he is discharged from treatment or a hospital. the history of a patient after the onset of a medical or psychiatric illness. The medical history of a patient following an illness; the follow-up history. The medical history of a patient from the onset of an illness. The follow-up history of a patient after it is discharged from treatment or a hospital.

Catamnesis is a summary of all information about a patient
Patient
A patient is any recipient of healthcare services. The patient is most often ill or injured and in need of treatment by a physician, advanced practice registered nurse, veterinarian, or other health care provider....

 obtained on a single or several occasions after the end of his initial period under observation. A catamnesis is prepared after a patient’s discharge from a hospital
Hospital
A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment. Hospitals often, but not always, provide for inpatient care or longer-term patient stays....

 or after his last examination or treatment
Therapy
This is a list of types of therapy .* Adventure therapy* Animal-assisted therapy* Aquatic therapy* Aromatherapy* Art and dementia* Art therapy* Authentic Movement* Behavioral therapy* Bibliotherapy* Buteyko Method* Chemotherapy...

. The physician
Physician
A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...

 obtains data concerning the patient from a variety of sources: the results of a medical examination, excerpts from the case history, the patient’s answers to questions, and information imparted by the patient’s relatives and persons who know him well. A catamnesis is very important in all branches of medicine, especially in psychiatry
Psychiatry
Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the study and treatment of mental disorders. These mental disorders include various affective, behavioural, cognitive and perceptual abnormalities...

. Certain mental disorders have been identified as independent disease
Disease
A disease is an abnormal condition affecting the body of an organism. It is often construed to be a medical condition associated with specific symptoms and signs. It may be caused by external factors, such as infectious disease, or it may be caused by internal dysfunctions, such as autoimmune...

s with the help of the catamnesis, such as schizophrenia
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by a disintegration of thought processes and of emotional responsiveness. It most commonly manifests itself as auditory hallucinations, paranoid or bizarre delusions, or disorganized speech and thinking, and it is accompanied by significant social...

 and manic-depressive psychosis. The catamnesis is helpful in following the progress of psychiatric patients after various methods of treatment and in tracing the history of persons who have had mental diseases in childhood.

See also

  • Anamnesis
    Anamnesis
    Anamnesis may refer to:* Anamnesis , a Christian concept involved in the Eucharist* Anamnesis , information gained by a physician by asking specific questions of a patient* "Anamnesis" , a 1998 television episode...

  • Historian (medical)
    Historian (medical)
    "Historian" is a term used by medical professionals to describe a narrator of a medical history.Medical history is usually divided into surgical history , social history , family history , and health or personal...

  • Medical history
    Medical history
    The medical history or anamnesis of a patient is information gained by a physician by asking specific questions, either of the patient or of other people who know the person and can give suitable information , with the aim of obtaining information useful in formulating a diagnosis and providing...

  • Medical record
    Medical record
    The terms medical record, health record, and medical chart are used somewhat interchangeably to describe the systematic documentation of a single patient's medical history and care across time within one particular health care provider's jurisdiction....

  • Medicine
    Medicine
    Medicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....

  • Physical examination
    Physical examination
    Physical examination or clinical examination is the process by which a doctor investigates the body of a patient for signs of disease. It generally follows the taking of the medical history — an account of the symptoms as experienced by the patient...

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