Mental Health Assessments

emotionally capable of making an informed decision regarding participation in this study. Of the participants, 250 were male and 300 were female. Participants were selected from general

A classification system such as the DSM-5 is judged by its reliability and validity. Define and discuss both reliability and validity and why they are important criteria for DSM-5.

On December 23rd, 1954 an interview was taken place with a new client by the name of Andrew Laeddis. In order to assist Andrew with the highest patient care, a full detailed biopsychosocial assessment report has been processed on his behalf. This assessment consists of Andrew’s demographics, his presenting problem, any potential precipitating factors, social relationships, hobbies/activities, occupation/education status, medical history, legal status, and substance use/abuse. This will also include a brief statement of Andrew’s participation, personal values/attitudes, personal strengths, and diagnosis.

To summarize the scenario, Ingrid is a Hispanic immigrant and mother of two children. She sought out the agency to apply for public assistance and to get a mental health screening because she has been without medication for her schizophrenia for a year. Ingrid has attended three sessions with the agency. The most recent session was to determine her progress in obtaining services for herself and her family. When asked about her progress, Ingrid admitted she had the mental health screening but has been unable to fill the prescription because of time and cost issues, however, when asked about other appointments she did not provide direct answers. Ingrid also states that she has had difficulty organizing her thoughts.

For the mental health consultation I would ask them what is the culture, vibe, atophmispehere of the work environment. Questions like do you feel stressed at work? Do you feel overwhelmed at work? Do you dread coming to work? If you leave and never come back would you? Having all the staff members feel out a work satisftion survey. These questions are important to know what the staff deals with stress and if the job is adding unessacry stress to the staff members. A plan would be devised for the staff members to have cool off and wind down times. Examples would be to step away, take a walk, counting to 10. These simple techniques would be used to relieve the stress and bring them back to a normal headspace.

Involve in Interviews of psychiatric patients and learn different clinical approaches regarding diagnosis and treatment. As a Research assistant involved in long-term, observational, multi-center patient outcome Registry to collect data in patients with treatment resistant depression (TRD Registry). Review Forensic cases files and actively involved in discussion.Discussed Diagnostic assessment, psychiatric evaluation, medication and management protocol. Offered psychiatric opinion on criminal responsibility, Depositions and Trial Testimony

The recovery approach challenges traditional power imbalances between consumers and mental health professionals (Deegan 2005), the author of the presentation resonated

The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) is a widely used and evaluates orientation to person, place, and time; general knowledge; memory; communication; and copying. It takes five to ten minutes to administer. The total possible score is thirty. The MMSE also provides population-based norms by age and education level. Most clinicians consider a score less than twenty-four as indicative of dementia.

The mental status exam (MSE) requires clinicians to pay attention to detail when interviewing the client. MSE is usually done during intake or the assessment phase of the client’s treatment. Clients do not even know the clinician is completing a MSE, because the clinician is not asking questions, usually paying attention to the details of their client. According to Polanski and Hinkle (2000) the MSE has 5 parts and those parts are as follows;

As a future forensic psychologist possessing an understanding of the various assessment tools used to assess and measure individuals and their behaviors is imperative to ensure that the administering of the test is done accurately. Psychological assessments are vital tools in understanding the individual distinctiveness of a subject. Comprehensive assessments assist with explaining connections with psychological functioning and

During this quarter, Billy managed to purchase food healthy food.  Billy managed to cut back on drinking sodas.  Billy always make grocery list and follow up with it as well. Billy is working on eating healthy, most of the time Billy purchased food that contained vegetables and fruits.  Billy has been working him on budgeting. Billy remembers to keep track of his total cost to avoid excessing his weekly spending.  In addition, during this quarter Billy maintained an average weight between 174-185.  Billy is al

A forensic assessment may be compulsory for individuals charged with a crime to establish if the accused has the legal capacity to stand trial. Once a person diagnosed with a mental illness is convicted of an offence, a comprehensive forensic report may be recommended to appeal the Court’s sentencing decision, since a person having a mental illness when the offence was committed may be an alleviating factor for. A forensic assessment may also be taken in the form of a risk assessment, to report about the relationship of the person’s mental illness and the risk of further offenses.

As stated by Foxcroft (2011) the psychological assessment practitioners core ethical responsibility is that nothing should be done during testing and assessment to harm the client, and that it is their responsibility to follow ethical practices so that the test-takers can perceive the assessment to be fair and beneficial. This discussion will be covering ethical issues in psychological assessment with an emphasis on the South African context. We will look at what a psychological test is, what ethics is, the history of South Africa that has had an impact on psychological testing in this country, and some ethical issues to consider. In the South African context, a psychological test is classified as such when the purpose of said test, results in the performance of a psychological act, according to Foxcroft, Roodt, & Abrahams (as cited in Foxcroft. 2011). Foxcroft (2011) stated that a psychological act with regards to assessment is the use of measures to assess mental, cognitive, or behavioural processes and functioning, intellectual functioning, aptitude, personality etc. Only registered psychologists are allowed to perform psychological acts, and the tests devised may only be used, interpreted and managed by psychologists according to Foxcroft (2011). Because these psychological tests are assessing information which the client may not wish to be made public, or could potentially cause any harm or distress on them if these results were improperly used, it is important for

The field of mental health has The field of mental health has evolved throughout many years to incorporate different theories and practices in order to identify varied and effective treatments for many mental health consumers. In order for health care professionals (HCP) to practice effective, current, patient based care, it is essential to discuss real patient experiences and understands the effectiveness and practicality of different health care models. This essay will present the case of Australian ‘Sunny Boys’ singer, Jeremy Oxley in relation to two vastly different models of care, the biomedical and recovery based models of care. Firstly, it will address the biomedical model of health care in conjunction with the six principles of the recovery based framework. Secondly, it will analyse these core values of recovery and use Jeremey’s experience to discuss how imbedding them in practice would improve patient care. Lastly, this essay will discuss some of the challenges.

After review of Andrea’s case study, consideration of symptoms, and history my diagnosis is Bulimia Nervosa F50.2 in partial remission. Andrea presented signs of a feeding disorder. All other feeding disorders were ruled out due to either symptoms or time frame. Differential diagnosis included Binge Eating disorder F50.8, but ruled out because it was mentioned Andrea engaged in inappropriate compensatory behaviors such use of prescribed and illicit drugs, and diuretics.