How suitable is the PsyCheck package for staff with little or no mental health experience?
The package is designed primarily for staff with little or no mental health experience. The screening tool can be self completed by the client and there is no necessity for expertise in mental health assessment to use it. The brief intervention that is linked to the PsyCheck screening tool is based around relapse prevention and should be familiar to most drug and alcohol workers. We encourage all clinicians to be seeking or accessing supervision to assist with their ongoing learning and practice of screening for mental health symptoms and providing suitable interventions amongst clients.
