What would a doctor ask a patient who is mentally ill? (i'm writing a movie)?

the patient is scared of dying. He has become so scared of dying that his body puts images of people trying to kill him in his brain. he thinks that everywhere he goes somehow he is going to die. If somebody attacks him people around him just think he's being wierd cause all they see is him running away and screaming and stuff. One of his friends take him to a doctor. The doctor asks himm a series of questions and eventually the guy tells the doctor that he is scared of dying. I can't think of any questions a doctor would ask him and then the guy will tell him that he is scared of dying.What would a doctor ask a patient who is mentally ill? (i'm writing a movie)?
What your describing is classic Post Traumatic Stress Disorder(PTSD).I'm a vet ,I had it.





Physiologist and Psychiatrist ask very different questions.





Physiologist ask questions related to the mind and feelings.


Psychiatrist are medical doctors who are searching for a physical symptom.





The question most would usually ask me was ';do you often loose things';





Fear of death is very normal in these circles and never trips the doctors attention.They generally look for details where a person fixates on one thing for a very long time.





of course they both love to follow the easy route of the Freudian system and ask multiple questions about your parents.I screwed them up,cause I was an orphan.What would a doctor ask a patient who is mentally ill? (i'm writing a movie)?
Have you recently felt any uncontrollable emotions?


Have you lashed out on individuals to whom you are normally ';cool'; with?


Have you felt overly sad/depressed?
the doctor asks, ';are you afraid of dying?';

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