Admission and Emergency Assessments

A Handbook for Clinicians

David Houvenagle, John Schmanski

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Rowman & Littlefield
05 November 2024

Social work; Psychological testing & measurement; Abnormal psychology

Admission and Emergency Assessments: A Handbook for Clinicians provides a conceptual framework and concrete practice examples to conduct effective assessments for mental health crises and psychiatric admissions. Behavioral health treatment starts with an accurate and thorough assessment of a client’s daily functioning, level of risk, and needs. This assessment serves as the clinician’s lens for conceptualizing the patient’s presentation and aptitude expressing their problems. Through narrative descriptions, diagrams, and vignettes, this book provides the necessary tools to assess patients in behavioral health crisis. It serves as a reference for specific clinical situations—from working with translators, busy doctors, and adversarial insurance agencies to assessing a variety of patient dispositions and demographics. This book seeks to elevate and accelerate clinical skills that can be integrated into other practice settings.

By: David Houvenagle, John Schmanski
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9781538198049
ISBN 10: 1538198045
Pages: 248
Publication Date: 05 November 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Authors’ Note Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Introduction Comment on Diversity Chapter 2: The Purpose of the Interview Criteria The Patient’s or Family’s Agenda Reconciling Criteria and Motivation Concluding Thoughts Chapter 3: The Reality of the Emergency and Assessment Interview: Challenges to Validity and Reliability The Deciphering Filters: The Assessment Questions, Observations, and Criteria The Curve of Ability The Different Levels of Motivation Obligations and External Pressure The External Factors of the Collateral Sources and Climate Vignettes Concluding Thoughts Chapter 4: Interviewing Skills and Patterns The Structured Versus the Unstructured Interview Pattern Joining with the Patient: Formality, Tone of Voice, and Confidence Case Vignettes Concluding Thoughts Chapter 5: Suicide Assessment The Criteria of Suicide Assessment: Immediate versus Potential Safety Risk Applying the Curve of Ability The Value of Collateral Sources Becoming Accustomed to Asking Patients about Suicide Vignettes of Suicide Assessment Concluding Thoughts Chapter 6: The Disruptive, Aggressive, and Anti-Social Patient Anger Due to Unmet Human Needs Risks Associated with the Disruptive, Aggressive, and/or Anti-Social Patient Safety Measures to Protect Therapists, Patients, and Guests Concluding Thoughts Chapter 7: Assessing Children and Adolescents Interviewing Considerations The Immediate Safety Risk Out of Control, Reckless, Risky Behavior Assets and Liabilities of the Caregiver in the Assessment Process Legal Obligations Vignettes Chapter 8: Substance Use Assessment Taking the History Scope of Drug and Alcohol Types Criteria for Hospital Admission Immediate Safety Risk versus Potential Safety Risk Concluding Thoughts Chapter 9: Language Interpretation Legal and Ethical Considerations Expectations for the Interview Telehealth Vignettes Working with the Interpreter Concluding Thoughts Chapter 10: Staffing with the Doctors The Script and Its Elements The Structure of the Script Delivery of the Script: Tone and Pace Getting to Know the Doctors You Work with When a Doctor Passes? The Risk of Bad Recommendations Extraordinary Situations Vignettes Concluding Thoughts Chapter 11: Telling People “No” Reviewing Boundaries Understanding Assertiveness Vignettes Concluding Thoughts Chapter 12: Insurance Prior Authorizations Prior Authorization as an Element of Utilization Management The Phone Call Prior Authorization The Fax Authorization The Online Authorization The Peer-to-Peer or Physician Review What If There Is a Denial? Concluding Thoughts Chapter 13: The High Utilizer Describing High Utilizers Overall Perspective Serial Behavioral Patterns Challenges to Interviewing Strategies for Interviewing Difficult High Utilizers Sometimes You Can Divert the High Utilizer Vignettes Concluding Thoughts Chapter 14: Concluding Thoughts: Learning and Appreciating the Value of Communication John’s Experiences David’s Experience References Index About the Authors

David Houvenagle, PhD, LCSW, has nearly two decades of experience working in partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient programs in practice and managerial roles. He has worked in residential and outpatient clinical settings in his two decades as a social worker and is a board-approved LCSW supervisor in the State of Kentucky. John Schmanksi, M. Ed, LMHC has been served as an Assessment Clinician at our Lady of Peace in Louisville, Kentucky for more than a decade.

Reviews for Admission and Emergency Assessments: A Handbook for Clinicians

Admission and Emergency Assessments: A Handbook for Clinicians is an excellent resource for clinical practice, but its major thrust is on clinical assessments. The key areas covered contain requisite information for clinical practitioners who engage in crisis intervention and clinicians who conduct suicide/risk assessments. Furthermore, this book has valuable content related to a therapist's comportment during interactions with clients under duress, clients who are psychotic, teenagers, clients under the influence of substances, and so much more. This information is exceptionally important. As the authors point out, high turnover among individuals who conduct level of care assessments is a major problem. This text is a viable tool that addresses key issues in this area, which could lead to a decrease in the turnover rate by preparing and increasing the skill set of graduate level social workers pursuing this line of work. The approach and tone is pitch-perfect for Master of Social Work and Doctor of Social Work students. The pace is just right, and the content is palatable, interesting, and presented in language that can be easily consumed. --Adrian D. Anderson, Savannah State University The authors Houvenagle and Schmanski have a very easy-to-follow, practice-driven approach to understanding something that is often misunderstood in the clinical world. It reads as though very experienced clinicians are providing 'supervision' to the reader. --Amy Ward, DSW, LCSW, Virginia Commonwealth University