Mental Health Treatment Plan

A Child and Youth Mental Health professional must consider a wide array of factors when developing a treatment plan for a complex case. A client’s situation can be influenced by factors like including but not limited to the family’s socioeconomic status (Santiago, Kaltman, & Miranda, 2013; Reiss, 2013), the level of family involvement in treatment (O’Reilly, Vostanis, Taylor, Day, Street, & Wolpert, 2013), the client’s lived experience of mental illness (Boekhaven, Bowker, Davidson, Cacciato, & Gray, 2012; Breinholst, Esbjorn, Reinholdt-Dunne, & Stallard, 2012), the effectiveness of multiagency processes (Baker-Ericzen, Jenkins, & Haine-Schlagel, 2013; O’Reilly, Vostanis, Taylor, Day, Street, & Wolpert, 2013), the level and type of trauma

In each, the treatment plan begins with a diagnosis, rationale, and clinical impression for the client and each member of the family. The template is comprehensive. In it, the clinician must a) identify any barriers to treatment (including factors involving motivation, financial situation, transportation, and caregiver availability); b) provide structure/confidentiality information (like custody, child protection, school, and community); c) describe the necessary level of care for the client and/or family; d) review the range of strength-based resources available for each member of the family; e) recommend evidence-based core mental health internal and external treatment approaches; f) explain the specific goals of the treatment (that is, those that are measurable, attainable, realistic and timely); g) identify evidence-based mental health interventions as they will be carried out by each member of the support team; h) outline available support services (including, financial, transportation, and respite care); and, i) describe the multi-system interventions and coordination possible (like impatient, outpatient, school, child protection, family doctor, and any family/friend