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Clinical Diagnostic Evaluation

Evaluation Elements

Our Team
  • Addiction Physician
  • Registered Nurse
  • Addiction Psychiatrist
  • Psychologist
  • Evaluation Specialist
  • CDE Coordinator
Pre-Admission
  • Pre-admission telephone assessment
  • Extensive collateral information is gathered including prior treatment records
Medical
  • History & physical examination
  • Laboratory evaluation, including urine drug screen and blood panel
  • Nursing assessment
Neuro-Psychological & Psychiatric Evaluation
  • Psychosocial assessment (Practice/workplace/and financial evaluation where applicable)
  • Computer psychological testing (MMPI, Millon, MAST, MicroCog, Psychosexual Questionnaire)
  • Face-to-face comprehensive psychological evaluation (WAIS;TAT, RD)
  • Psychiatric evaluation
Other
  • Contact collateral Informants
  • Tour of Betty Ford Center (optional)
  • Opportunity to meet with peer professionals already in treatment
Conclusions & Recommendations
  • Evaluation team meets with patient, S/O, and/or referent to review findings
  • One-page summary of diagnosis, findings and recommendations sent to referent (and/or patient where appropriate) within 24 hours Individual reports from all testing & evaluation including an integrated summary of findings and recommendations sent to referent within 14 days

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