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Anxiety and The Coronavirus

Unusual Circumstances

Under normal circumstances, personal Injury clients are highly likely to suffer anxiety and other mental trauma symptoms as a result of the shock and turmoil surrounding an automobile or workplace accident.  As a result, in the midst of the current global pandemic, anxiety, anxiety and The Covid 19 Coronavirus have conspired with existing stressors to compound the plight of accident victims who may be pursuing damages through Personal Injury Attorneys.

Remedy:  Telehealth Solution

That’s where Mental Pain and Trauma Centers comes in.  The HIPAA compliant telehealth solution Doxy.me has made it easy, simple and secure for your clients to remotely access counseling services with Mental Pain and Trauma Centers.  During this time of increased stress and uncertainty, anxiety and anguish, Mental Pain and Trauma Centers and doxy.me makes remote counseling easy and secure through clients’ mobile phones, tablet PC’s and Ipads, laptops and PC’s.

Mental Pain and Trauma Has Employed Telehealth For Years

Mental Pain and Trauma Centers has been offering telehealth services through Doxy.me for several years, well before Anxiety, Mental Anguish and The Covid 19 Coronavirus came upon us.  In fact, we even have a questionnaire that you can place in your clients’ intake packets to help determine during the intake process if they should schedule an initial evaluation with our practice under a Letter of Protection (LOP).  This is largely due to the fact that many of our clients have major difficulties operating a motor vehicle due to the stress surrounding engaging in the very actions that led to their anxiety, and also because many clients’ primary transportation was totaled in the accident they suffered.

We Are Your Trusted Partner

In our experience, most clients experience similarly positive outcomes via telehealth therapy as in-person visits.  We are confident this is due in part to the clinicians at Mental Pain and Trauma Centers being experienced and confident utilizing this platform to counsel clients.  Mental Pain and Trauma Centers is uniquely positioned to help your clients with their anxiety and mental anguish as a result of their accidents.

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PTSD Symptoms Questionnaire: Dallas Mental Pain and Trauma Centers

Here is a resource for your teams to use as you encounter clients who may be showing signs or symptoms of mental trauma or PTSD.  Authored by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (V.A.), The PTSD Checklist (PCL-5) is a 20 question PTSD questionnaire that can serve as a trusted guide to use in determining when a client should be recommended for evaluation by a mental health professional.

PTSD Questionnaire

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The PTSD questionnaire uses a number scale from 1 to 5 per question.  Any total score over 33, according the VA, would be cause for referral to a mental health professional.  For our purposes, a score of 20 or above is cause for concern.  A patient can suffer from significant mental anguish who doesn’t have a classic PTSD diagnosis.

Our team of mental health professionals here at Dallas Mental Pain and Trauma Centers use this brief PTSD questionnaire as patients come into our offices to get an initial idea of the level of anguish each patient is experiencing.  Additional testing is administered as warranted.  At Dallas Mental Pain and Trauma Centers, each patient is given individualized treatment for their trauma based on the assessments administered to help them recover from their emotional trauma.  We look forward to helping your clients.

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