Crisis Assessment

Crisis Assessment –   an immediate evaluation of the client will be done by a New Horizons CSH psychiatrist, Nurse Practitioner with a psych certificate, Ph.D. clinical psychologist, or Master’s Level crisis-trained mental health practitioner, to:

• Determine that the client’s behavior is a serious deviation from his or her baseline level of functioning caused by a mental health crisis.
• Provide immediate intervention to relieve the client’s distress.
• Evaluate, in a culturally appropriate way the client’s current:
• Life situation.
• Sources of stress.
• Symptoms.
• Risk behaviors.
• Mental health problems.
• Strengths and vulnerabilities.
• Cultural considerations.
• Support network.
• Level of functioning.
• Willingness to accept voluntary treatment.
• Whether the client has an advance directive.
• History and information obtained from family clients.