Mental Health Questions

DESCRIPTION

The Mental Health Questions Tab of the Clinical Management for Behavioral Health Services (CMBHS)Screening is the place to document the information provided by clients to the clinician’s questions about any mental health symptoms he or she is experiencing.

 

Information provided by the client is used by the clinician as the basis for their diagnosis and the recommendation as to the client’s need for further assessment and to determine the urgency of the need for mental health services.

The clinician screening a client for substance use services may also document answers to some or all of the mental health questions if it will assist in evaluating the client’s problems and needs.

 

Mental Health Questions

Begin documenting answers to the mental health screening questions.

 

Question 1

(Required for mental health services. Optional for substance abuse services)

Have you ever heard voices no one else could hear or seen objects or things which others could not see?

• Answer 'yes' if the client hears things which he/she does not believe are real and sees things he/she does not believe are there or is uncertain if other people see those things or not.
• To document the client’s response to this question, CLICK ON the 'Yes' or 'No' button matching the client’s answer.

Question 2

(Required for mental health services. Optional for substance abuse services)

Have you ever felt that people had something against you, without them necessarily saying so, or that someone or some group may be trying to influence your thoughts or behavior? 

• To document the client’s response to this question, CLICK ON the Yes or No button matching the client’s answer.

 

 

Question 3

(Required for mental health services. Optional for substance abuse services)

Have you been experiencing any unusual things that other people might not understand or that might be hard to explain to other people?

• To document the client’s response to this question, CLICK ON the Yes or No button matching the client’s answer.

 

Question 4

(Required for mental health services. Optional for substance abuse services)

Have you ever had a period of time?

• To document the client’s response to this question, CLICK ON the Yes or No button matching the client’s answer.
• Select Yes, if the client indicates that they have experienced one or more of the symptoms listed.
  1. When you were so full of energy and your ideas came very rapidly?
  2. When you talked nearly non-stop?
  3. When you moved quickly from one activity to another?
  4. When you needed little sleep?
  5. Believed you could do almost anything?  

 

 

Question 5

(Required for mental health services. Optional for substance abuse services)

• If the client says he/she tried to harm or kill themselves and describes actions that were unlikely to result in serious harm or a fatality, answer yes if the client says it was their intention to kill or harm themselves.
• To document the client’s response to this question, CLICK ON the Yes or No button matching the client’s answer.
  1. Thought of harming yourself or killing yourself in the last month?
  2. Ever thought of harming yourself or killing yourself?
  3. Ever attempted to harm or kill yourself?
  4. Have you ever had intense violent feelings about hurting another person.
• If Yes to any above, when?

  (Required for mental health services. Optional for substance abuse services)

  • If you answered yes to question five, document the client’s response to when in the text box.
  • The text box allows you to enter dates and words.

 

 

Question 6

(Required for mental health services. Optional for substance abuse services)

Have you ever:

• The answer choices for the questions above are Yes or No.
  • Select Yes if the client indicates that they have experienced one or more of the symptoms listed above.
  • Select No if the client has not experienced any of the symptoms.
  • To document the client’s response to this question, CLICK IN the Yes or No button matching the client’s answer.

1. Been depressed for weeks at a time?
   • This means for 2 weeks or more.
2. Lost interest or pleasure in most activities?
   • Consider only activities that the client would normally find interesting or pleasurable.
3. Had trouble concentrating and making decisions?
   • Consider every day and major life decisions.
4. Have you ever had intense violent feelings about hurting another person?
   • Taking action not required – thoughts and feelings are the focus.

 

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CLICK HERE to view the Mental Health Youth Questions.

Note:

These questions will only display if the person being screened is less than 18 years of age.

Mental Health Urgency

(This field is required for mental health youth services. It is optional for substance abuse youth services).

• This question requires the clinician to make a determination of the urgency of the need for further mental health assessment and/or services based on the information collected from the client.
• The answer to this question reflects the clinician’s judgment not the client’s perception of the severity of his/her problem.
• To document the urgency of the client’s need for further mental health assessment, CLICK ON the Yes or No buttons matching the answer in the Mental Health Urgency box.  

• Urgent :
  • A person is in crisis and mental health community services are needed to prevent serious deterioration of the individual's mental or physical health.
• Emergent:
  • A person is in crisis and presents an immediate danger to self or others or is incapable of controlling, knowing, or understanding the consequences of his or her actions.
  • Immediate crisis services are needed to prevent serious harm the individual or others.
• Routine:
  • A person is in need of mental health services but is not in crisis .

What’s Next?

• If you are screening a client for mental health services, CLICK ON either the Substance Abuse Questions tab or the Recommendations tab.

OR

• If you are screening a client for substance abuse services, CLICK ON the Recommendations tab.

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