Diagnostic Assessment
Jan Williams needs for mental health services became more apparent, she could no longer overlook the need for services. She looked through the yellow pages of the phone book at the various providers and found a company by the name of St. Mary’s Home Care Agency, Inc. that provided an array of services, one to include Outpatient Mental Health services. She called the number and requested help for her special needs, because she was hearing voices and her mood swings were horrible. To start the process the secretary forwarded her call to the Intake Specialist, who in turn asked her some personal questions for the referral process. Some of the answers included her name, date of birth, address, telephone number and an emergency contact number.
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Her date for the screening process was scheduled for the next week. Upon arrival to St. Mary’s Home Care Agency, Inc. a nice lady addressed Jan and said, “Ms. Williams please follow me”. Next we entered into a private room and the Qualified Professional began to ask me a series of questions, which included my habits, education, substance abuse use, mental and physical health and family background. Jan answered all the questions to the best of her ability and the Qualified Professional completed the screening process. After the screening process she instructed Jan that the next step would be to forward the screening to the Psychiatrist on staff and set up an appointment for her to get a Diagnostic Assessment, which is an assessment that tells persons cognitive level of functioning. The result of the Diagnostic Assessment would tell what Jan’s Axis Codes are and any recommendations of medications and further testing that may be required. The Diagnostic Assessment was completed by the Psychiatrist on staff a week after Jan’s initial screening. During the Diagnostic Assessment it was concluded that Jan has an Axis 1 of Bipolar, PTSD, an Axis II of Borderline Traits, an Axis III of obesity, HTN, high cholesterol, chronic back pain, an Axis IV of limited social supports, legal problems and no documented Axis V. Jan’s GAF score, which is her current level of
Her date for the screening process was scheduled for the next week. Upon arrival to St. Mary’s Home Care Agency, Inc. a nice lady addressed Jan and said, “Ms. Williams please follow me”. Next we entered into a private room and the Qualified Professional began to ask me a series of questions, which included my habits, education, substance abuse use, mental and physical health and family background. Jan answered all the questions to the best of her ability and the Qualified Professional completed the screening process. After the screening process she instructed Jan that the next step would be to forward the screening to the Psychiatrist on staff and set up an appointment for her to get a Diagnostic Assessment, which is an assessment that tells persons cognitive level of functioning. The result of the Diagnostic Assessment would tell what Jan’s Axis Codes are and any recommendations of medications and further testing that may be required. The Diagnostic Assessment was completed by the Psychiatrist on staff a week after Jan’s initial screening. During the Diagnostic Assessment it was concluded that Jan has an Axis 1 of Bipolar, PTSD, an Axis II of Borderline Traits, an Axis III of obesity, HTN, high cholesterol, chronic back pain, an Axis IV of limited social supports, legal problems and no documented Axis V. Jan’s GAF score, which is her current level of