Intake Form Critique

Intake Form Critique
The intake form or assessment form is designed to offer the provider with a multidimensional perspective about the new client and help the provider to gain basic information about the Client’s past experiences, current life context and presenting problems. The information could include general information about the client, such as health and mental health history, as well as family and socioeconomic history, substance use or legal history. The intake form discussed in this assignment is used by Agor Behavioral Health Services, Inc., an agency that provides a variety of mental health services to a diverse population.
Does the intake form ask all of the necessary questions to determine what the client’s presenting problem

What would you remove? Why?
This form would benefit from having an additional section about the client’ strengths and weaknesses, and an additional comments section about the client’s goals and hopes in regards to the services needed. This information will provide a valuable insight about the client’s perceptions about self and would empower the client to take the lead and be actively involved in the process. An intake version in Spanish language would also be beneficial for the clients who don’t speak English.
When it comes to removing sections from this intake form, there are several sections that could be removed in order to provide the form with a less crowded aspect. For example, billing and insurance information could be removed and added to a separate form. Detailed information about parents and stepparents’ marital history and occupations, as well as other family members’ psychiatric history could be removed. Lastly, the section of the lab test results could also be removed in order to simplify the form.
Would you change the order/re organize?

Reducing the symptoms list and also the checkboxes to only two (with possible answers: yes/ no) instead of four would make the form easier to read and fill out. Furthermore, this form has two different sections for listing medication information. Having only one section for listing medication would simplify the process of completing the form. Finally, reducing the questions and checkboxes related to developmental history, such as problems during mother’s pregnancy, or developmental milestone not met on time, and substance use, including first use/age, last use/ age, current use, frequency, and amount used, would simplify the form and focus on obtaining only general information. For instance, simply asking if the client used a drug or not, would increase the chance of obtaining an accurate