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Digital Seminar

Choosing the Right Tool for a Mental Status Exam


Faculty:
Tim Webb, MAEd, LPC,
Duration:
57 Minutes
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
Dec 30, 2015
Product Code:
ONL020483
Brochure Code:
ONLBMSE-1
Media Type:
Digital Seminar
Access:
Never expires.

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Description

An Accurate MSE is Essential to Discerning the Patient's True Condition
Completing the Mental Status Exam (MSE) is the most important task assumed by any behavioral health clinician. Accurate evaluation can be difficult because psychiatric symptoms often mask life-threatening substance withdrawal and/or serious medical conditions including brain tumors, delirium, head injury, diabetes, thyroid disease, etc. An accurate and efficient MSE is essential to discerning the patient's true condition, developing an effective treatment plan, and, in extreme cases, saving his or her life.

In this webinar, Tim Webb contrasts the strengths and weaknesses of tools that are commonly used for a MSE. Participants will receive important instructions on choosing the correct assessment tool and using it in an appropriate manner. Mr. Webb will also share tools that he has developed throughout his extensive career in emergency mental health.

 


Course Content

A. Common MSE Tools
  1. Folstein Test/Mini-Mental Status Exam (MMSE)
  2. St. Louis University Mental Status Examination (SLUMS)
  3. Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MOCA)
B. Suicide/Violence Risk Assessment Tools
  1. Ask Suicide Questionnaire (ASQ)
  2. Suicide/Self-Harm Scale
  3.The Adolescent and Child Urgent Threat Evaluation (ACUTE©)
  4. Initial evaluation of risk of harm to self or others
C. Substance Abuse Assessment Tools
  1. Cut down, Annoyed, Guilty, Eye-opener (CAGE)
  2. Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment (CIWA)
  3. Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale (COWS)

Credits

Faculty

Tim Webb, MAEd, LPC, Related seminars and products


TIM WEBB, MAEd, LPC, is the founder and CEO of The FOCUS Group, PLLC, a training and consultation agency located in Clemmons, North Carolina. He has over 27 years of experience providing emergency assessment and intervention services in emergency rooms, psychiatric hospitals, mental health centers, jails, detention centers, outpatient settings, and clients' homes. Both as the author of FOCUS on Safety and as the former Intake Director for an inpatient psychiatric treatment facility, Mr. Webb developed state–of–the–art assessment tools, interventions, and safety plans for working with suicidal, violent, and psychotic patients.

Mr. Webb has taught classes on emergency mental health, completing the Mental Status Exam, managing aggression in clinical settings, and assessing and intervening with suicidal patients. A martial arts instructor, he developed the Stay Safe system of protection for human services professionals. Mr. Webb has been a featured speaker for the National Adolescent Perpetrators Network (NAPN, 2014), North Carolina LPC Conference, and has served on the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Task Force on Reducing Behavioral Health ED Wait Times. Formerly the Vice-Chairman of the North Carolina Association for the Management and Treatment of Sex Offenders, he served on the North Carolina Governor's Task Force on Juvenile Sex Offenders. Mr. Webb earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of North Carolina and his Master of Education (Counseling) degree from Wake Forest University. He receives enthusiastic reviews from seminar participants for his practical, interactive presentation style. To order FOCUS on Safety or other educational offerings by Mr. Webb, visit www.CrossCountryEducation.com

Disclosure:
Financial-Receives a speaking honorarium from Vyne, LLC.
Nonfinancial-No relevant nonfinancial relationships exist.


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Program Information

Access for Self-Study (Non-Interactive) Access never expires for this product.

Target Audience

Psychologists, Counselors, Nurse Practitioners, Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, Social Workers, Educators

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