Services include:
- Psychiatric evaluation
- Medication prescription and monitoring
- Symptom management and supportive psychotherapy
- Assistance with activities of daily living
- Vocational assessment and support
- Crisis management
This range of services is similar to CSP but is given to a somewhat lesser disabled consumer.
Services
- Community Based Care - MH
- Medication Prescription and Monitoring - MH
- Psychiatric Evaluation - MH
- Supportive Counseling
Community Based Care - MH
Community-based, side-by-side contacts with the person to provide concrete direction and assistance in acquiring and maintaining needed life resources.
Medication Prescription and Monitoring - MH
If an initial psychiatric evaluation determines the appropriateness of medications as a treatment modaility for a given client, the evaluating psychiatrist will prescribe the needed medications and then meet periodically with the client to monitor treatment response and to make any needed adjustments or changes to the medication regimen.
Psychiatric Evaluation - MH
Upon referral from any other Behavioral Health treatment team, staff psychiatrists perform diagnostic evaluations for the purpose of initiating adjunctive medication prescription services for the referred consumer. Psychiatric evaluations are also sometimes performed for the purpose of determining a consumer's need for involuntary treatment or protective services.
Supportive Counseling
Supportive and educational counseling about a person's mental disorder and life problems, and problem-solving with the person regarding the same.
