A licensed mental health professional must assess each
individual with the assessment focusing on the stabilization needs of the
client. It must be done in a timely manner congruent with the urgency of the
presenting crisis, and consistent with the policies and procedures. The
assessment must include: medical and mental health history and status, the
onset of illness, the presenting circumstances, risk assessment, cognitive
abilities, communication abilities, social history and history as a victim of
physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, or other trauma as well as history as a
perpetrator of physical or sexual abuse.
A. The CTC shall provide education and
clinical programing designed to meet the stabilization needs of each client and
implement crisis stabilization plans.
B. Crisis stabilization plan - A licensed
mental health professional must document a crisis stabilization plan to address
needs identified in the assessment.
(1) the
crisis stabilization plan shall include at a minimum:
(a) diagnosis, a problem statement or
statement of needs to be addressed;
(b) identification of behavioral health
crisis leading to intake;
(c) goals
that address the presenting crisis, and are consistent with the client's needs,
realistic, measurable, linked to symptom reduction, and attainable by the
client during the client's projected length of stay;
(d) specific treatment(s) provided, method(s)
and frequency of treatment, and staff responsible for delivering
treatment;
(e) criteria describing
evidence of stabilization;
(f)
discharge planning;
(g) evidence of
involvement by the client and legal guardian as documented by his signature or
refusal to sign; and
(h) signatures
of all staff participating in the development of plan.
(2) A copy of the individual crisis
stabilization plan shall be provided to the client, and guardian if
applicable.
(3) When program
services are offered in a group setting, groups for adults and groups for youth
must be separate.
Notes
N.M. Admin.
Code §
8.321.11.26
Adopted by
New
Mexico Register, Volume XXXV, Issue 12, June 25, 2024, eff.
7/1/2024
