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Improving Practice in Treatment: A broader look at patient function
In addition to the International Classification of Disease, the World Health Organization's International Classification of Function, Disability and Health can help practitioners look at patient symptoms more broadly. They can consider personal, social, and environmental factors affecting someone's life. It can help to create realistic targets for the client in the begging of treatment.
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Improving Practice in Treatment: Better outcomes measures
A clinical psychologist begins treating a new client for an anxiety disorder. The client lives in a remote, rural area. The psychologist's approach includes:
- Conducting all therapy sessions via a secure video-conferencing platform.
- Selecting a therapeutic technique that has strong support from numerous research studies for its effectiveness with anxiety.
- Administering a standardized symptom severity scale at the beginning of treatment and planning to re-administer it monthly to monitor changes.
- Discussing the client's personal goals, social support system, and work environment to create a holistic treatment plan.
Which of the following key strategies for improving mental health care is LEAST explicitly demonstrated in the psychologist's approach?