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Comprehensive Needs Assessment



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Early Intervention Team Criteria

Medical Assessment

Psychological Summary

Vocational/Occupational Summary

Social Summary

Family Summary

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Early Intervention Team Criteria

GP locality:


Age:


Date of first contact with psychiatric services:


Duration of untreated illness:


Diagnosis at referral (summary of relevant details):




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Medical Assessment

To include:



  • mode & reason for referral
  • schooling & work history
  • presenting complaint
  • family
  • current treatment
  • peer & sexual relationships
  • past psychiatric history
  • drug & alcohol history
  • current physical health
  • forensic history
  • past medical history
  • appearance
  • family history of mental illness
  • attitude & behaviour
  • developmental history
  • affect & mood
  • speech
  • cognition
  • thought
  • judgement & insight
  • general intelligence
  • investigations

 

Diagnosis:






Attach CPA Risk Assessment




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Psychological Summary

To include:



  • client's strengths and needs
  • trigger factors to relapse
  • client's insight and/or understanding of illness
  • personal coping strategies
  • client's attitude to referral and level of engagement





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Vocational/Occupational Summary



To include (if known):

  • history of work/training/education
  • client's needs and wishes





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Social Summary:



To include (if known):

  • social networks
  • social environment
  • social functioning
  • substance misuse issues





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Family Summary



To include (if known):

  • composition and relationships of family
  • family's understanding of illness
  • influential family dynamics (to assess need for family intervention)


 

Attach Individual Family Assessment Forms




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