Screening, Assessment, Engagement

Question 1

Tools of assessment include:

Answer 1

Counselors’observations
Clinical interviews
Laboratory tests
Tests 
Self report inventories

Other sources of information are:

Friends
Staff
School records
Physicians

*Appropriate documentation of client consent is required before counselors can solicit information from outside sources.

Question 2

Is cultural comptence play an important role in assessment process

Answer 2

Yes to include how clients report their problems.

Question 3

Educating clients about assessment

Answer 3

Clients need to know the procedures being used in their assessment, and they need to have an opportunity to ask questions about them. They need to know that the purpose of the assessment is to gather information that will help determine the counseling interventions that will be most helpful to them.

Question 4

Biopsychsocial examines what?

Answer 4

Biological: genetic

Psychological: personality traits, cognitive styles, early development ex]

Social: poverty, oppression, lack of social skills, family dysfunction etc

Question 5

When is a referral made

Answer 5

When assessment determines MH issue

Physical complaints or concerns about physical health.

Question 6

When is medical evaluation appropriate

Answer 6

• Hallucinations
• Severe tremors
• Tachycardia (a faster than normal heart rate at rest)
• Confusion or delirium
• Uncontrollable agitation
• Ingestion of unknown substances