Assessment Tools for Mental Health Evaluation

Course overview

Clinical assessment involves a multidimensional and holistic approach. The goal is to understand the client in their environment. Social workers can benefit from using a psychosocial assessment to understand the external and internal factors that impact the client's mental health. This course will teach you about the mental status exam as well as the single-system design strategy, which includes standardized mood, anxiety, cognitive, trauma, and substance use assessments. The psychosocial assessment includes a comprehensive evaluation of the different aspects of biological, psychological, and social functioning, and strategies to conduct this thoroughly will be provided.