Plain Language Summary: Considerations to Improve Services for Refugees with Disabilities and Mental Health Concerns Refugees are people who leave their country for their safety. Many things can prompt this, including discrimination and war in their country. Refugees live in temporary settlements before settling in a new country. Many refugees are placed in cities before […]
Tag: Screening & Diagnosis
Considerations to Improve Services for Black/African American Individuals with Disabilities and Mental Health Concerns
Plain Language Summary: Considerations to Improve Services for Black/African American Individuals with Disabilities and Mental Health Concerns People with disabilities often have less access to mental health services. Also, consider how Black and African American people receive mental health services at lower rates. The result is that getting mental health services can be especially difficult […]
Patience, Persistence, and Your Health
Patience, Persistence, and Your Health Many things are available on demand these days, such as movies, TV shows, e-books, shopping, and information. Googling is now a verb, with information only a search away. The internet has become one big on-demand delivery system. On-demand content is quite useful. But sometimes we don’tfind a solution instantly. One […]
The Mood Disorder Questionnaire (MDQ)
A 2-page mood disorder screening tool to provide insight into an individual’s potential experience living with a mood disorder.
Kessler 10 Mental Health Screening Tool
A 2-page screening tool to help provide basic insight into an individual’s experience with mental health.
Level of Need Assessment and Screening Tool Manual
Manual providing information to help screen for certain mental health experiences and determine needs.
Assessment and Diagnosis of Dementia in Individuals with Intellectual Disability: A Toolkit for Clinicians and Caseworkers
Manual to help professionals assess and diagnose dementia in people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Psychotropic Medication Checklist
Short assessment concerning experience with prescribed psychotropic medication.
ABC (Antecedent-Behavior-Consequence) Chart
A 1-page assessment of baseline behaviors
Psychiatric Symptoms and Behavior Checklist
A 1-page assessment of symptoms and behaviors.
