Mental Health Assessment
The Mental Health Assessment is a clinical evaluation provided by a Psychiatrist and/or Therapist either at specified times or in response to treatment, or when significant changes occur. It is a process of gathering information to assess patient needs and functioning in order to determine appropriate service/treatment based on identification of the presenting problem, evaluation of mental status, and formulation of a diagnostic impression.

Behavioral Health Counseling and Therapy
Behavioral Health Counseling and Therapy consists of an interaction with a patient served in which the focus is on treatment of the patient’s mental illness or emotional disturbance. The interaction may also be with family members or a guardian, when the intended outcome is improved functioning when such interventions are part of the individualized service plan. This service consists of a series of time-limited, structured sessions that work toward attainment of mutually defined goals.
Service Descriptions

Community Psychiatric Supportive Treatment (CPST)
The Community Psychiatric Supportive Treatment service provides an array of services delivered by community based professionals. Services address the individualized mental health needs of the patient. The intent of CPST service is to provide specific, measurable, and individualized services to each patient. The service focus is on the individual’s ability to succeed in the community, to identify and access needed services, and to show improvement in work, family and integration and contributions within the community.

Intensive Home-Based Treatment Services (IHBT)
Intensive home-based treatment is a comprehensive service that includes community psychiatric supportive treatment, mental health assessment, crisis response, behavioral health counseling and therapy, and social services which support the basic needs and functioning of the patient and family.

The purpose of intensive home-based treatment is to provide the necessary services and supports that enable a patient with serious emotional disturbance (SED) to live and function successfully in his or her home, school and community in the least restrictive, most normal environment. These intensive mental health services are designed to prevent the out-of-home placement of youth with SED being reunified to their homes from a more restrictive placement. IHBT is provided in the home, school, and community settings where the youth lives and functions, and is designed to address and improve the mental health functioning of the youth in each of these domains. IHBT services are culturally, ethnically, racially and linguistically appropriate, and respect and build on the strengths of the child and family’s race, culture and ethnicity.

Medication Management
The medication management service is a psychiatric/mental health/medical intervention used to reduce and stabilize and/or eliminate psychiatric symptoms with the goal of improved functioning, including management and reduction of symptoms.