The mental health (MH) multidimensional intake form I’ll be critiquing for this paper was retrieved from www.focusedsolution.net/MHI.pdf. This specific intake form is comparable to most of the MH intake forms I have encountered as a consumer and as a provider. The creator/s of the form acknowledged that the form may seem lengthy. Right at the beginning, they acknowledged that the form may take time to complete. As a former MH services consumer who has completed his share of intake forms, I find that such reassurances are helpful, insightful, and mindful in assuaging what consumers might feel when faced with such a cumbersome task.
I believe that the intake form asks the necessary questions to determine the client’s presenting problem. …show more content…
It has essential demographic questions and questions about the consumer’s mental health status, questions about physical health/medical illness, current list of medication, psychiatric history, family history, substance use/abuse history, educational and professional history, spiritual history, and legal history. This form is a good example of a biopsychosocial/multidimensional intake form because it asks the most essential questions that could assist providers in a very efficient …show more content…
However, I strongly believe that, similar to live, verbal encounters, intake forms can also be arranged in a manner that would eventually elicit openness after rapport is established. After asking about the patient’s/client’s demographic information, the intake form immediately jumps to inquiries about the patient’s/client’s mental health (self-report of presenting problem, current symptoms being experienced, and a suicidal risk assessment). As a consumer, this conveys that the form has a specific task at hand and its goal is to help me paint a picture of what I need help with and the reason/s why I am in the office. Following this set of questions, the intake form poses questions about the patient’s/client’s current medical situation and past medical and psychiatric history. Such objective inquiries, I believe, help consumers feel comfortable in reporting what physically and mentally ails them. Since the questions are asking for responses that are matters-of-fact, consumers are encouraged to report what is already established and what they already have knowledge or awareness about. The last set of questions, I believe, could possibly elicit hesitation and shame due to their sensitive and subjective nature. Their placing at the end of the form, I believe, makes it easier for consumers to open up about such touchy
I believe that the intake form asks the necessary questions to determine the client’s presenting problem. …show more content…
It has essential demographic questions and questions about the consumer’s mental health status, questions about physical health/medical illness, current list of medication, psychiatric history, family history, substance use/abuse history, educational and professional history, spiritual history, and legal history. This form is a good example of a biopsychosocial/multidimensional intake form because it asks the most essential questions that could assist providers in a very efficient …show more content…
However, I strongly believe that, similar to live, verbal encounters, intake forms can also be arranged in a manner that would eventually elicit openness after rapport is established. After asking about the patient’s/client’s demographic information, the intake form immediately jumps to inquiries about the patient’s/client’s mental health (self-report of presenting problem, current symptoms being experienced, and a suicidal risk assessment). As a consumer, this conveys that the form has a specific task at hand and its goal is to help me paint a picture of what I need help with and the reason/s why I am in the office. Following this set of questions, the intake form poses questions about the patient’s/client’s current medical situation and past medical and psychiatric history. Such objective inquiries, I believe, help consumers feel comfortable in reporting what physically and mentally ails them. Since the questions are asking for responses that are matters-of-fact, consumers are encouraged to report what is already established and what they already have knowledge or awareness about. The last set of questions, I believe, could possibly elicit hesitation and shame due to their sensitive and subjective nature. Their placing at the end of the form, I believe, makes it easier for consumers to open up about such touchy