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Our client was referred to our practice by his attorney.  He had been involved in a workplace accident involving a forklift, which changed his life forever by crushing his foot and requiring complex surgery and medical procedures to save his limb.  His doctors reconstructed his foot using skin grafts and muscle transplants.  Not surprisingly, our client began showing signs of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and made the wise decision to reach out to his attorney’s office for suggestions.  After over a year of focused therapy, our client is much-improved and continues to progress day-by-day.  Here he is in his own words talking about his experience with Mental Pain and Trauma Centers:

We couldn’t be more happy for our client.  He has been working with his Therapist, Janet Snyder, for well over a year, and has made significant progress over that time.  Our client is a testament to results that can be achieved when referred to Mental Pain and Trauma Centers.

We encourage you to download this Anxiety questionnaire and place it in all client intake packets.  Any score over 20 would indicate that a referral to Mental Pain and Trauma should take place.

Mental Pain and Trauma Centers is a unique entity where you can refer your clients to get the help that they need for mental anguish, pain and trauma following an injury as the result of an accident.  We operate under a Letter of Protection/Lien for PI cases.  Our services also offer the benefit of strengthening grounds for favorable settlement outcomes.  In addition, our Practice is well-accustomed to records requests, subpoenas and depositions.  I personally oversee our data collection and dissemination processes to ensure our referring attorneys get the accurate evidence and reporting they need to strengthen their cases.
Mental Pain and Trauma Centers is staffed by clinicians who are trained to employ customized therapeutic solutions tailored to each patient’s case and specific needs.  Mental Pain and Trauma Centers utilizes the cutting-edge, user-friendly HIPAA-compliant remote telemedicine platform Doxy.me. Utilizing Doxy.me ensures that our patients can access needed therapy from virtually anywhere on earth where there is an internet or mobile-network connection. These trying times caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have caused dramatic disruptions in our daily lives and mobility. Consequently, Telecounseling provided by our Practice is rapidly becoming the preferred and necessary first choice for needed psychological counseling services.
Our Clinical Director is a graduate of the Forensic Psychology PhD program at Walden University, Dr. Jeremy Cassius has a wealth of experience diagnosing and treating Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Anxiety and Depression and has successfully treated many TBI victims.

Here is a short video of Dr. Jeremy Cassius PhD speaking about Mental Pain and Trauma Centers and how it helps its clients recover from the mental anguish they go through as a result of being involved in an auto accident or workplace incident.  Mental Pain and Trauma Centers was established in 2017 when Dr. Cassius realized that there was a need for counseling services of accident victims under a Letter of Protection (LOP) from their Personal Injury Attorneys.  This allows for accident victims to more easily get the therapy they need to recover from the often devastating and lingering mental anguish they experience.

Mental Pain and Trauma Centers is conveniently located in North Dallas at 4100 Spring Valley Rd., Suite 275, Dallas, TX  75244 in North Dallas near the corner of Spring Valley Rd and Midway Rd. A HIPAA compliant telemedicine solution is also available to provide psychological counseling to those clients who are unable to travel to our facility.

Services of Mental Pain and Trauma Centers can include:

  • Objective Case Analysis and Independent Exams
  • Diagnostic Interviewing
  • Psychological Testing
  • EMDR Trauma Therapy
  • Cognitive Processing Therapy
  • Anxiety Reduction for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Narrative Report, Consults and Expert Depositions and Testimony
  • Accurate and Timely Coding, Billing and Clinical Document Review & Gap Analysis

Visit us at Mental Pain and Trauma Centers’s website to learn more about our practice, our staff and how we can help accident victims get the emotional support they need to recover from their mental anguish.  We hope you enjoy this video of Dr. Jeremy Cassius PhD.  You can also see a video testimonial of one our clients here. Our highest priority is to work with our clients to create positive outcomes that improve the overall quality of life of each patient that comes to us for help.  We look forward to helping your personal injury clients.

 

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.