Essential Assessment
The Essential Assessment follows a streamlined version of the same process ideal for people with more mild to moderate health concerns, led by our psychiatric nurse practitioner, it focuses on the essential elements necessary to understand a patient’s mental and metabolic health. Patients complete pre-visit questionnaires and then attend in-person appointments with our psychiatric nurse practitioner, psychotherapist, and health coach. Essential biometrics, labs, and cognitive testing are included.
What to Expect During Your Assessment
You will complete pre-visit questionnaires and then attend in-person appointments with a psychiatric nurse practitioner, psychotherapist, and health coach. Together, they will review your mental health history, medical conditions, medications, nutrition, lifestyle, and treatment goals.
This streamlined process is designed to give you a clear understanding of the factors influencing your mental health while identifying the most appropriate path forward.
Standard biometrics, laboratory testing, and cognitive testing are included to establish a clear baseline for your care and help our team develop integrated recommendations tailored to your individual needs.
What’s Included
The Essential Assessment includes:
- Pre-visit questionnaires
- Psychiatric evaluation by a psychiatric nurse practitioner
- Psychosocial and substance-use assessment
- Basic nutrition and lifestyle evaluation
- Fitness and movement assessment
- Sleep and environmental evaluation
- Cognitive testing
- Physical exam
- Core lab work
- Comprehensive treatment report (30–40 pages)
- Multidisciplinary team treatment recommendation meeting
It offers all of the essential components needed to design a whole-person treatment plan without the extended specialty assessments included in the Advanced Assessment.
After your appointments are complete, our team meets to integrate all findings into a cohesive diagnostic picture. During your Treatment Recommendation Meeting, you’ll review key findings from each discipline, diagnostic impressions, your personalized treatment plan, and short- and long-term recommendations.