Prompt:

Watch Vignette 1 - Introduction to a Preventive Services Visit (located in the Multimedia Resources folder). An African Adolescent is seeking counseling services related to his current mood.

This video is an initial mental health assessment of an African American adolescent male.

1. Identify which assessment questions are helpful and which are not. For the questions that you denote as not helpful, explain why from a scholarly perspective.

2. Describe the adolescent's presentation.

3. What may be the next steps in the assessment process? Give specific details regarding your recommendations.

4. What type of evidence-based assessment tool would you recommend using with the adolescent at the next session and denote support for this recommendation from a scholarly journal or peer-reviewed article(s).

Reference:

Video: YMH Boston. (April 1, 2023). Vignette 1 Introduction to a preventive services visit [video].YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQy-jwiu7gM

Vignette 1 - Introduction to a Preventive Services Visit