Mental Health Evaluations

Court Ordered mental health evaluations are often utilized during the legal process. In efforts to be in compliance, the evaluation consists of a face-to-face assessment during which information is gathered about past and present charges, personal history, and various written or electronically issued tests.  

Mental health evaluations look for any clinically significant mental health impairments. If your legal situation involves something that overlaps with mental health, your judge or prosecutor may want a mental health assessment completed so they can have an increased understanding of the possible factors pertaining to your legal charge(s). Conditions like depression, post traumatic stress disorder, bipolar disorder, anxiety, substance abuse and other disorders are all considered to be mental health conditions and need to be professionally evaluated by a licensed clinician. The mental health evaluation will also give a clinical recommendation to help treat any conditions that were found throughout the assessment.