Evidenced Based Modalities
This common talking therapy can help you manage your problems by changing the way you think and behave. It's most commonly used to treat anxiety and depression, but can be useful for other mental and physical health problems.
What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?
Any intentional act causing injury, trauma, bodily harm or other physical suffering to another person or animal by way of bodily contact.
What is physical abuse?
In this stage, an individual's primary task is to cope with the consequences and determine what to do next.
What is Relapse/Recurrence?
a structured assessment of the patient's behavioral and cognitive functioning. It includes descriptions of the patient's appearance and general behavior, level of consciousness and attentiveness, motor and speech activity, mood and affect, thought and perception, attitude and insight, the reaction evoked in the examiner, and, finally, higher cognitive abilities.
What is a Mental Status Exam?
The agency to help elder adults (60 years and older) and dependent adults (18-59 who are disabled), when these adults are unable to meet their own needs, or are victims of abuse, neglect or exploitation.
What is Adult Protective Services (APS)?
Marsha Linehan created this therapy which combines cognitive restructuring with acceptance, mindfulness, and shaping.
What is Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT).
Examples of this include:
What is Emotional Neglect?
A provider working with an individual in this stage is primarily focused on raising awareness.
What is Precontemplation?
A term used to describe a range of contemplations, wishes, and preoccupations with death and suicide.
What is suicidal ideation?
Theft, misuse of funds or property, extortion, duress, fraud.
What is financial abuse?
This modal offers customized, community-based services for people living with mental illness. It is one of the oldest and most widely researched evidence based practices in behavioral healthcare for people with SMI.
What is Assertive Community Treatment (ACT)?
The legal dissolution of a marriage by a court or other competent body.
What is Divorce?
In this stage and individual is aware a problem exists but ambivalent or uncertain of next steps.
What is Contemplation?
A list of these should be included in an individuals safety plan.
What are safe people to call?
or What are things I can do to feel safe?
Desertion or willful forsaking by anyone having responsibility for care.
What is Abandonment?
This approach is based on the assumption that ambivalence is a normal reaction to treatment. You may utilized scaling questions, or the miracle question to elicit change talk.
What is Motivational Interviewing?
Adults who have more adverse childhood experiences (ACES) are at higher risk for this leading cause of death in the US.
What is heart disease?
In this stage, and individual's primary task is to develop new skills for maintaining recovery.
What is Maintenance?
Characteristics or conditions that reduce or buffer the effects of risk, stress, or trauma.
What are protective factors?
Number of days a mandated reported has to submit a written report to APS.
What are 2 working days?
This bilateral stimulation therapy helps to reduce the vividness and emotion associated with trauma memories.
What is Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR)?
EMDR and this method can decrease the impact of aces on an adult.
What is neurofeedback therapy?
This is one of the most exciting stages where providers work with individuals to implement change strategies.
What is Action?
An adult who, as a result of a mental disorder (rather than a chosen lifestyle or lack of funds) is unable to provide for their basic needs for food, clothing, or shelter.
What is grave disability?
A person who fails to make a required report is guilty of this, punishable by up to six months in jail and/or up to a $1,000 fine (California Penal Code Section 11166[c]).
What is a misdemeanor?