This document provides instructions for a mock forensic mental health assessment report based on a case vignette. Students are asked to: 1) Improve previously submitted interview and referral questions based on instructor feedback. 2) Using the selected case vignette, write a 10-12 page forensic assessment report including: reason for referral, presentation including interview and collateral information, current life situation and background, objective testing used and analysis, diagnostic impressions, and conclusions and recommendations. 3) Write a 2-3 page reflection statement discussing their professional role, the assessment process, potential ethical dilemmas, preparing to defend their evaluation, and how cultural factors influence the assessment. The final deliverables are due by the specified date

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AssessmentFinal Draft FP6020 Module 5 Assignment
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By Module 5, Day 5, submit to the M5 Assignment2 a
mock forensic assessmentreport basedon a patient in
a selected vignette. Provide your diagnostic
impressions basedon the DSM-5 criteria.

2. Complete the following:
Improve your interview and referral questions for the
case vignette you selected in M1 Assignment3.
Usingthis case vignette, add to your referral questions
by integrating the feedback that you receivedfrom
your instructor in M4 Assignment2 on your mock
interview questions and formulated hypothesis on
why the individualneeds the referral.
Example Referral Questions:
As a forensic mental health professional, what factors
do you need to considerin your psychologicaltesting
for the forensic assessmentreport?
What behavioral observations do you make about the
client by reading the case vignette?
What are your assessmentoptions in working with the
client?

3. What standard and accepted psychologicaltests might
you apply to your client in a forensic setting? Select
from the instruments you researched in M3
Assignment2 RA.
How will you recognize and evaluate your client's
offender behaviors associatedwith malingering and
deception?
What theoretical orientationdo you want to use in this
case for your treatment recommendations?
What is the case scenariothat you have selected?
What is the reason for referral?
What is the purpose of the forensic assessmentand
report?
What is the nature of the problem presented in your
selected case vignette?
What is the context in which the forensic assessment
report will be used?
What is the background of your client? What are the
symptoms displayedby your client and their
significanceinthis case?

4. What is the mental status of your client? Be sure to
elaborate on every major component addressedin the
mental status examination.
What interview type and approach did you use with
your client?
What tests are appropriate to use in your forensic
assessmentreport? Identify one intelligence test, one
objectivepersonality test, and one projective test.
What collateral information will you use in the process
of the evaluation?
How will you present your impressions of the client?
Reviseyour copy of Forensic Mental Health
Professional IndividualAssessmentReporton the
basis of your instructor’s feedback.
Usingthe Forensic Mental Health Professional
IndividualAssessmentReporttemplate that you
downloaded for M4 Assignment2, reviseyour

5. evaluation and interpretation of the information
providedto you in the case vignette that you selected.
Synthesizethe information you collected to create a
forensic mental health professionalindividual
assessmentreport. Your findings should be in a report
format.
In a 10- to 12-page report, include only the following
components:
Reason for Referral: Explain the objective of your case
vignette analysis, clearly bringingout the aspects or
reasons that motivated you to carry out the study.
Presentation: Create mock interview data and
collateral information (you are to identify the
questions to ask in the interview). Providea synopsis
of the interview. To support the mental status of your
client, providedata based on your forensic assessment

6. report and the mental status components you have
identified.
Current Life Situation and BackgroundInformation:
Explain the problem provided in your selected case
vignette usingthe interview and mental status data.
How does the data relate to the background of your
client and your behavioral observations?
ObjectiveTesting:Identify the assessmentinstruments
you would recommend to evaluate the client and
explain the rationale for your recommendations.
Describethe objective tests you have selected and
their use. How did you apply these tests to your
selected case vignette? Accordingto your study, what
is your analysis of the symptoms displayedby your
client? What ethical and multicultural issues do you
need to address?You will apply what you have learned
from M3 Assignment2 RA to this section.
Provide your diagnostic impressions basedon DSM-5
criteria. What is your principal diagnosis?What is

7. your secondary diagnosis?Are there other conditions
that may be the focus of clinicalattention to consider?
Conclusion and Recommendations: What is your
hypothesis after taking into account the mental status
examination, the interview, personality tests, and the
symptom analysis?Explain your hypothesis and
substantiateit usinginstances from your case study.
Discuss yourresults with conclusions and
recommendations.
The final versionof Forensic Mental Health
Professional IndividualAssessmentReportshould
contain all the assignedcomponents and the
corresponding information and include revisions and
improvements basedon your feedback from M4
Assignment2.
Synthesizethe data and write a reflection statement in
2–3 pages.
In a separate document, address the following:

8. Describeyour professional role and relationshipwith
the court and the third party requestingthe
assessmentor evaluation.
Explain the hypothesis you have formulated.
Explain why you chose the tests for the assessmentof
the client.
Discuss potentialethical dilemmas that might arise in
your assessmentof the client.
Explain how you would prepare yourself to defend
your evaluation in the court settingor to relevant third
parties. Be sure to support your explanation with
professional literature.
If you recommended treatment for your client, discuss
the evidence-basedapproaches usedwith the disorder
you diagnosed.
Discuss theinfluence of cultural factors on the
assessmentprocess.
Your final deliverables are:

9. A selected case vignette
A list of interview and referral questions
The assessmenttemplate
The final assessmentreport
A reflection statement
Your report and reflection statement combinedshould
be approximately 12–15 pages. You are to utilize
outsideresources in your reflection statement only.
All written assignments and responses should follow
APA rules for attributingsources.
SubmissionDetails:
By Module 5, Day 5, compile your report and reflection
statement in a MicrosoftWord document, save it as
M5_A2_Lastname_Firstname.doc, andsubmitit to the
M5 Assignment2 LASA Dropbox.