This is a recording of a 1-hour live broadcast event presented for the National Board of Forensic Evaluators on 1/25/19.
Description:
When you visit your primary care physician for an annual exam or to address a physical complaint, you aren't asked a question about every symptom of every known biomedical condition, or you'd be there for days or weeks! Instead, your PCP generally asks you a small number of screening questions. If you answer "yes" to one of these questions, the physician knows to move on to a 2nd or perhaps even 3rd level of questions that narrows the focus to a smaller cluster of potential problems or disorders, eventually (hopefully) arriving at a very precise and specific diagnosis.
The same process applies to mental health professionals conducting mental health evaluations. Fortunately, the American Psychiatric Association (APA), upon release of the 5th edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), published a system of free online assessment measures, including Level 1 and Level cross cutting symptoms measures, severity specifier questionnaires, a cultural formulation interview, personality assessment measures, and disability assessment measures, all of which can be used by mental health professionals to narrow focus to a specific and refined diagnosis.
In this 1-hour recorded webinar, you will be introduced to these online assessment measures and shown how to use them. Whether you are a therapist working in a therapeutic setting or a forensic evaluator hoping to supplement a more advanced testing battery with tools that help you refine your diagnosis during a clinical interview, this webinar ought to equip you with several helpful tools. You will also be introduced to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration's online screening tools.
Learning Objectives:
1. Learn how to use Level 1 and Level 2 cross cutting symptom measures and severity specifier qustionnaires posted on the APA's DSM-5 website.
2. Learn how to use the cultural formulation interview, World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS 2.0), and personality assessment measures posted on the APA's DSM-5 website.
3. Locate several other free screening tools on SAMHSA's website for a variety of clinical focus areas.
Identify ethical considerations and limitations related to the use of the above measures.
Disclaimer: Please note that continuing education hours will only be made available to viewers who attended the live broadcast event on 1/25/19. This video was posted for educational purposes only.