Mental Health Assessment
Evaluating clients and families to understand skills, abilities, history, and immediate needs.
Initial assessments involve evaluating clients and their families to determine their skills, abilities, and needs in a variety of areas. Assessment clinicians address pertinent mental health history, presenting problems, and immediate needs. The process involves gathering information from clients, their families, and other interested parties.
All information is gathered for the purpose of assessing the client's needs, their reasons for seeking services, the services desired, and their personal goals for treatment. The assessment also considers the needs of the client's family and/or other interested parties (foster parents, caregivers, referral sources, payers, regulators, case managers). These needs may include, but are not limited to, additional counseling services, social services referrals, and additional meetings.