Assessment Tools for Mental Health Evaluation
Clinical assessment involves a multidimensional and holistic approach. The goal is to understand the client in their environment. Social workers can benefit from using a psychosocial assessment to understand the external and internal factors that impact the client’s mental health. This course will teach you about the mental status exam as well as the single-system design strategy, which includes standardized mood, anxiety, cognitive, trauma, and substance use assessments. The psychosocial assessment includes a comprehensive evaluation of the different aspects of biological, psychological, and social functioning, and strategies to conduct this thoroughly will be provided.
Clinical assessment involves a multidimensional and holistic approach. The goal is to understand the client in their environment. Social workers can benefit from using a psychosocial assessment to understand the external and internal factors that impact the client’s mental health. This course will teach you about the mental status exam as well as the single-system design strategy, which includes standardized mood, anxiety, cognitive, trauma, and substance use assessments. The psychosocial assessment includes a comprehensive evaluation of the different aspects of biological, psychological, and social functioning, and strategies to conduct this thoroughly will be provided.
Association of Social Work Boards
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Relias LLC is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Relias LLC maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 1.00 Clinical continuing education credits.
Course Delivery Format: Asynchronous Distance Learning-interaction includes quizzes with questions and answers, post-tests. This module is Reading-Based Online.
Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling
Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling (CEBroker Provider #50-290)
This activity is approved for 1.00 contact hours.
New York State Education Department, Office of the Professions, Division of Professional Licensing Services, Social Work Unit
Relias, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0009.
Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of licensed master social work and licensed clinical social work in New York. As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice for an LMSW and LCSW. A licensee who practices beyond the authorized scope of practice could be charged with unprofessional conduct under the Education Law and Regents Rules.
As a provider of online, asynchronous education, some courses offered by Relias Learning are considered “self-study” under section 74.10(c)(2)(ii)(b)(4) of the Commissioner’s Regulations. The regulations limit self-study activities taken from a provider approved by the Education Department to no more than 12 hours in the 36-month registration period or one-third of the hours in a registration period other than 36 months.
Social workers will receive 1.00 continuing education hours for participating in this course. This activity is approved for 1.00 contact hours.
Ohio Social Worker Board
Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist Board Provider #RSX091903 (CEBroker Provider # 50-290)
This activity is approved for 1.00 contact hours.
South Carolina Board of Social Work Examiners
South Carolina Board of Social Work Examiners (CEBroker Provider 50-290)
West Virginia Board of Social Work
West Virginia Board of Social Work (CEBroker Provider #50-290)
Recall a single-system design that includes a clinical assessment tool
Differentiate between standardized and non-standardized instruments
Explain why assessment tools are important for evaluation
Outline:
About This Course
Learning Objectives
Section 2: The Psychosocial Assessment
What is Clinical Assessment?
Psychosocial Assessment
Mental Status Exam
Marcus: The Client
Basic Information and Background Information
Mental Health Status and Current Functioning
Assessment Results, Recommendations, Strengths, Protective Factors
Assessment Tools for Data Collection
Section 3: Single-System Design Strategy
Single-System Design Strategy
Standardized Instruments
Standardized Mood Assessments
Standardized Anxiety Assessments
Standardized Cognitive Assessments
Standardized Trauma Assessments
Standardized Substance Use Assessment
Non-Standardized Assessment
Single-System Designs
Types of Single-System Designs
Marcus’ Progress
Components of a Single-System Design
Implementing a Single-System Design with Marcus
Conclusion
Section 4: Clinical Vignette
Meet Amira
Section 5: Conclusion
Course Summary
Course Contributor
Resources
References
Subject Matter Expert: Jacob Helton, Psy.D.
Jacob Helton, Psy.D., received his doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology from Marywood University in Pennsylvania. He completed his pre-doctoral internship at Chehalem Youth and Family Services in Newberg, Oregon, which included extensive training with at-risk youth and their families. He is licensed as a psychologist in Oregon and most recently worked in an integrated family medicine and internal medicine group for a large healthcare organization. Dr. Helton has worked in hospital, school, residential, and community mental health settings. He has provided treatment to clients across the lifespan and diagnostic spectrum, with an emphasis on the treatment of anxiety disorders, co-occurring medical and mental health disorders, ADHD, insomnia, severe and persistent mental illness, and the aging. He has experience as a technical writer and has provided numerous trainings to mental health professionals, physicians, allied professionals, and direct care staff.
The target audience for this course is: Intermediate level Social Workers; in the following settings: Acute Care Facility.
Asynchronous/Online Distance Learning; please see certificate details for specifics on delivery format.
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All characteristics and organizations referenced in the following training are fictional. Any resemblance to any actual organizations or persons living or dead, is purely coincidental.
To earn continuing education credit for this course you must achieve a passing score of 80% on the post-test and complete the course evaluation.
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