Week 10 Flashcards
What is the purpose of assessment
To plans and modify treatment goals and strategies. to build rapport to provide feedback To develop alternative views to monitor progress of goals
What are the different stages of assessment
Screening, diagnosis, triage (priority of patients treatment based on severity)
Treatment planning
Outcome monitoring
What is screening
Simple deciding is there or is there not a problem in the individual or population
What is diagnosis
Deciding the nature of the problem. Is it linked to another problem. What is the problem and what is the severity
What is triage
Based on the known information it is decided where, and how often the patients needs treatment. E.g is someone uses a small amount of weed they will get community interventions but someone with a meth addiction might get regular private help
What is treatment planning
Assess the willingness of the patient to get help, as well as what type of help they will receive
What is outcome monitoring
Once treatment is in place we need to monitor how successful that treatment is at allowing the patient to reach a goal
What time period does assessment focus on
The here and now
What is the structure of assessment
Should take the form of a semi structured interview were you and your client compile a narrative history. They should not all about filling out questionnaires and scales. These are only tools for diagnosis not the whole diagnosis. All information is confidential
What is a semi structured interview
An interview where there are not set questions or orders of questions but rather just a number of aspects you want to cover in order to build and understanding of the person and the perspective they have
What factors effect accurate self report
If the patient is intoxicated or experiencing withdrawal
If confidentiality is ensured
If rapport isnt established
If there is cognitive, psychiatric or organic mental impairment
If self report data is supported by outside infomation
Why are clients and their surrounding support system interveiwed
To see how the client is on there own, someone close to the clients who is on the outside is valuable bc they provide the therapist worth an outside looking in perspective as well as gaining complimentary information. It also allows the therapist to see how the people interact and how this could be contributing to the issue
What are four thing u want to assess about someones drug use when they come to therapy (7)
The clients reasons for seeing u Past use Current use Level or dependance Drug of concern for the person Polysubstance use Craving
What are the elements important patterns of use (6)
Amount Frequency Duration (age of onset) Binging Reinforcing schedules Functional assessment
What is functional assessment
Understanding what is happening before people decide to ise and what are the consequences of that use
