FUNDAMENTALS OF PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT PLANNING, SECOND EDITION by James A. Kennedy, MD, American Psychiatric Publishing, 2003, is the "Gold Standard" for writing Psychiatric Treatment Plans.

Since the publication of the first edition in 1992, it has continued to be the stardard for writing treatment plans. It has also established the basis for the Kennedy Approach to Psychiatric Treatment Planning.

Key to the Kennedy Approach is its ease generating effective treatment plans that are easily understood by both your staff and your patients. When considering alternatives to the Kennedy Approach, be cautious about getting caught up in treatment planning processes that are too complicated for practical use. Clinicians often have great difficulty generating these alternative plans and patients struggle with understanding and following through with these plans.

In the Kennedy Approach psychiatric problems and strengths are organized around the seven "Universal Functional Domains" for psychiatry:

1) Psychological Impairment
2) Social Skills
3) Violence
4) ADL-Occupational Skills
5) Substance Abuse
6) Medical Impairment
7) Ancillary Impairment (financial, legal, environmental, etc.)
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In the FUNDAMENTALS OF PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT PLANNING, SECOND EDITION, each of the above seven categories is expanded and supported by the following:

1) Kennedy AXIS V (QUESTIONNAIRE)

The K Axis provides a subscale questionnaire to measure baseline functioning and outcome of treatment for each of the seven Universal Functional Domains.

2) PROBLEM NAMES AND DESCRIPTIONS

Listed are EXAMPLES of problem names and descriptions for to each of the seven problem categories. As above, these can be used to develop the problem list and help compose a short description of each problem.

3) GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

Listed are EXAMPLES of treatment goals (Long Term Goals, Short Term Goals and Objectives) for each of the seven problem areas.

4) TREATMENT MODALITIES/INTERVENTIONS

Listed are EXAMPLES of treatment modalities, including nursing care modalities/interventions, that may be helpful in the treatment of the problems in each of the seven problem categories.

5) SAMPLE INDIVIDUAL PROBLEM PLANS

A wide range of Individual Problem Plans relating to each of the seven problem categories are included in the book.

In the Second Edition, there has been an emphysis on the integration of NURSING CARE PLANS into Master Treatment Plans.
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