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Therapist's Guide to Clinical Intervention - Sigmund Freud

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Levels of Functioning and Associated Treatment Considerations<br />

Level of functioning Treatment goals a<br />

1. Patient demonstrates adaptive<br />

functioning with minimal<strong>to</strong>-no<br />

symp<strong>to</strong>mology<br />

2. Patient demonstrates mild-<strong>to</strong>moderate<br />

symp<strong>to</strong>mology which<br />

interferes with adaptive<br />

functioning<br />

3. Patient demonstrates moderate<br />

symp<strong>to</strong>mology<br />

warranting higher<br />

level of care<br />

4. Patient demonstrates<br />

severe symp<strong>to</strong>mology<br />

Danger <strong>to</strong> self<br />

Danger <strong>to</strong> others<br />

Grave disability<br />

5. Patient demonstrating<br />

acute symp<strong>to</strong>mology<br />

6. Patient demonstrating acute<br />

symp<strong>to</strong>mology with<br />

difficulty stabilizing<br />

Increase<br />

Knowledge<br />

Understanding<br />

Problem Solving<br />

Choices/Alternatives<br />

Cognitive restructing<br />

Behavior Modification<br />

Improve daily functioning<br />

and self-management<br />

Moni<strong>to</strong>r and provide<br />

safe environment<br />

Provide safe environment<br />

and rapid stabilization<br />

Provide safe environment<br />

Protection of patient<br />

Protection of others<br />

Focus of treatment Possible treatment modalities<br />

Self efficacy<br />

Education<br />

Prevention<br />

Decrease symp<strong>to</strong>mology<br />

Self care<br />

Improve coping<br />

Improve problem solving and<br />

management of life stressors<br />

Stabilization<br />

Daily activity schedule<br />

Productive/pleasurable activities<br />

Symp<strong>to</strong>m management<br />

Development and utilization of<br />

social supports<br />

Stabilization<br />

All aspects of patient's life and<br />

environment (family, social,<br />

medical, occupational, recreational)<br />

Decrease symp<strong>to</strong>mology<br />

Psychopharmacology<br />

Moni<strong>to</strong>ring<br />

Improve judgement, insight, impulse control<br />

Stabilization<br />

Decreased symp<strong>to</strong>mology<br />

Psychopharmacology<br />

Moni<strong>to</strong>ring<br />

Psychopharmacology<br />

Moni<strong>to</strong>ring<br />

Didactic/educational Groups<br />

Community/church based support groups<br />

Therapeutic classes/groups focused on<br />

developmental Issues<br />

Recommended reading<br />

Individual therapy<br />

Conjoint therapy<br />

Family therapy<br />

Group therapy dealing with specific<br />

issues and/or long term support<br />

Urgent care<br />

Intensive outpatient (OP)<br />

Reinitiate outpatient treatment with<br />

possible increased frequency<br />

Medication evaluation/moni<strong>to</strong>ring<br />

Therapeutic/educational groups<br />

Case management<br />

Increased OP therapy contact<br />

Urgent care<br />

Intensive outpatient<br />

Partial hospitalization<br />

23-hour unit<br />

Inpatient treatment<br />

Safely maintained in structural/moni<strong>to</strong>red<br />

setting with adequate social support<br />

Home health intervention<br />

Reinitiate individual treatment when adequately stabilized<br />

Increased OP therapy contact<br />

Urgent care<br />

Intensive OP<br />

23-hour unit<br />

Partial hospitalization<br />

Support group<br />

Medication moni<strong>to</strong>ring<br />

Case management<br />

Inpatient treatment<br />

23-hour unit<br />

Urgent care<br />

Partial hospitalization<br />

Intensive OP<br />

Individual therapy<br />

Support group<br />

Medication moni<strong>to</strong>ring<br />

Case management<br />

a Treatment goals are cumulative, i.e., a patient at a functioning level of 6 with acute symp<strong>to</strong>mology may include treatment goals of previous, less acute levels, as symp<strong>to</strong>mology decreases and level<br />

of functioning increases.

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