All of the forms, inventories, checklists, client handouts, and clinical records essential to building and running a successful practice. Has the paperwork monster created by today's managed care environment crippled your couple and family practice? This handy sourcebook—the first in this discipline—is the timesaving resource you've been looking for. It provides couple and family therapists with a full arsenal of tools for assessing and treating clients' problems, and managing today's complicated practices. Providing ready-to-copy blank forms, examples of fully completed forms, and a floppy disk containing all of the blank forms in ready-to-use word-processing files, this invaluable resource will assist you in effectively and efficiently providing services. With The Couple and Family Clinical Documentation Sourcebook you'll spend less time on paperwork and more time with clients. All of the forms, inventories, checklists, client handouts, clinical records, and guidelines essential to building and running a successful practice Ready-to-use blank forms and handouts make it easy to satisfy the paperwork demands of HMOs, insurers, and regulatory agencies Completed copies of forms illustrate the exact type of information required Clear, concise explanations of the purpose of each form—including when it should be used, with whom, and at what point Forms may be copied from the book or customized on the included disk.

All the forms, handouts, and records mental health professionals need to meet documentation requirements–fully revised and updated The paperwork required when providing mental health services continues to mount. Keeping records for managed care reimbursement, accreditation agencies, protection in the event of lawsuits, and to help streamline patient care in solo and group practices, inpatient facilities, and hospitals has become increasingly important. Now fully updated and revised, the Fourth Edition of The Clinical Documentation Sourcebook provides you with a full range of forms, checklists, and clinical records essential for effectively and efficiently managing and protecting your practice. The Fourth Edition offers: Seventy-two ready-to-copy forms appropriate for use with a broad range of clients including children, couples, and families Updated coverage for HIPAA compliance, reflecting the latest The Joint Commission (TJC) and CARF regulations A new chapter covering the most current format on screening information for referral sources Increased coverage of clinical outcomes to support the latest advancements in evidence-based treatment A CD-ROM with all the ready-to-copy forms in Microsoft® Word format, allowing for customization to suit a variety of practices From intake to diagnosis and treatment through discharge and outcome assessment, The Clinical Documentation Sourcebook, Fourth Edition offers sample forms for every stage of the treatment process. Greatly expanded from the Third Edition, the book now includes twenty-six fully completed forms illustrating the proper way to fill them out. Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

The Family Therapy Progress Notes Planner contains completeprewritten session and patient presentation descriptions for eachbehavioral problem in The Family Therapy Treatment Planner.The prewritten progress notes can be easily and quickly adapted tofit a particular client need or treatment situation. Saves you hours of time-consuming paperwork, yet offers thefreedom to develop customized progress notes Organized around 38 main presenting problems that range fromfamily business conflicts and inheritance disputes to alcoholabuse, physical/verbal/psychological abuse, and religious/spiritualconflicts Features over 1,000 prewritten progress notes (summarizingpatient presentation, themes of session, and treatmentdelivered) Provides an array of treatment approaches that correspond withthe behavioral problems and DSM-IV-TR(TM) diagnostic categories inThe Family Therapy Treatment Planner Offers sample progress notes that conform to the requirementsof most third-party payors and accrediting agencies, including theJCAHO and the NCQA

CONTENIDO: Addictions - Adoption - Anger Problems - Anxiety - Behavioral Problems in Children and Adolescents - Bipolar Disorder - Blaming - Blended Families - Child Sexual Abuse - Communication Problems - Death/Loss Issues - Depression - Disillusionment with Family Ties - Divorce/Separation - Eating Disorders - External Activities Affecting Family Role - Family Business Conflicts - Family-of-Origin Interference - Foster Care - Geographic Relocation - Inheritance Disputes - Interracial Family Problems - Intolerance/Defensiveness - Jealousy/Insecurity - Life Threatening/Chronic Illness - Multiple-Birth Dilemmas - Pervasive Developmental Disorders - Physical Disabilities - Religious/Spiritual Conflicts - Schizophrenia - School Problems - Sexual Preferences - Suicide Attempts - Unwanted/Unplanned Pregnancies.

Utilizing the methodology of the bestselling PracticePlanners series, The Complete Anxiety Treatment and Homework Planner provides an all-in-one resource for treating anxiety and anxiety-related disorders-saving time and paperwork while allowing you the freedom to develop established and proven treatment plans for adults, children, adolescents, and other subgroups and populations. Includes a wide range of behavioral definition statements describing client symptoms as well as 25 customizable homework and activity assignments to be used during treatment Provides long-term goals, short-term objectives, and recommended interventions, as well as DSM-IV-TRTM diagnostic suggestions associated with each presenting problem Ready-to-copy exercises cover the most common issues encountered by a wide range of client groups struggling with anxiety and anxiety-related disorders A quick-reference format-the interactive assignments are grouped by patient type, such as employee, school-based child, adolescent, addicted adult, acute inpatient, and more Expert guidance on how and when to make the most efficient use of the exercises Includes access to ancillary Web site with downloadable resources, including sample treatment plans and customizable homework exercises

The Psychopharmacology Treatment Planner provides all theelements necessary to quickly and easily develop formal treatmentplans that satisfy the demands of HMOs, managed care companies,third-party payors, and state and federal review agencies. * Saves you hours of time-consuming paperwork, yet offers thefreedom to develop customized treatment plans for clients whosetherapy includes psychotropic drugs * Organized around 28 main presenting problems regularly treatedwith a combination of psychotropic and psychotherapeuticinterventions or treatment modalities, from ADHD, dementia, andsubstance abuse to antisocial behavior, bipolar disorders, andmore * Over 1,000 well-crafted, clear statements describe thebehavioral manifestations of each relational problem, long-termgoals, short-term objectives, and clinically tested treatmentoptions * Easy-to-use reference format helps locate treatment plancomponents by behavioral problem or DSM-IV-TR(TM) diagnosis * Includes a sample treatment plan that conforms to therequirements of most third-party payors and accrediting agencies(including HCFA, JCAHO, and NCQA)

The Speech-Language Pathology Treatment Planner provides allthe elements necessary to quickly and easily develop formal treatment plansthat satisfy the demands of HMOs, managed care companies, and third-partypayors. This book helps both the novice and expert speech-language pathologistto identify functional and meaningful strategies for improving a client's communication skills. Saves you hours of time-consuming paperwork, yet offers the freedom to develop customized treatment plans for adult, child, and adolescent clients Organized around 26 main speech-language disabilities, from those associated with aphasia and dysarthria to dysphagia, language disorders, alternative and augmentative communication, voice disorders, and others Over 1,000 well-crafted, clear statements describe the behavioral manifestations of each communication disorder, long-term goals, short-term goals, and clinically tested treatment options Easy-to-use reference format helps locate treatment plan components by disability Handy workbook-style format affords plenty of space to record your own customized definitions, goals, objectives, and interventions