Affiliated COUNSELING AND REFERRAL SERVICES (ACRS)
DR. Michael Shery, clinical
psychology
2615
Three Oaks Rd. Ste 2A;
Cary, IL 60013
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Stress ScreenReport Outline
Description of
psychologically-relevant problem(s); how
accident, injury and/or trauma triggered,
facilitated and
maintains it/them.
Specific
behavior(s) triggered: irritability, sleep disturbances, explosions of
temper, substance abuse, withdrawal,
isolation from family/friends, disengagement
and futility etc. How accident, injury and/or trauma triggered, facilitated or maintain it/them.
Affect; Feeling(s) generated: anger, depression, guilt, futility, hopelessness,
mood swings, fear, doom, anxiety, embarrassment etc. Severity, frequency. Short, intermediate, long term consequences? How
accident, injury and/or trauma triggered, facilitated and/or maintain
it/them.
Psychological impairment(s) and/or dysfunction(s) caused by
the accident/injury:
Physical sensation(s)
generated: fatigue,
dizziness, tingling, rapid heart beat, muscle spasms, tension, neuron-muscular pain etc. How
accident, injury and/or trauma triggered, facilitated and/or maintain it/them.
Pain: type; severity; impact; in what way(s)? How
accident, injury and/or trauma triggered, facilitated or maintains it:
Level of impairment: no impairment; mildly impaired; moderately impaired; seriously impaired
Thoughts generated: loss of control, failure-saturated, doom-saturated,
being trapped, victimization-saturated,
pessimism-saturated, futility-saturated, etc. Short,
intermediate, long term consequences? How accident, injury and/or trauma triggered, facilitated or maintains thinking
patterns.
Effects on marital/family
relationships: very
relaxed; relatively comfortable; relatively uncomfortable;
very anxious; volatile. In what
way(s)? How accident, injury and/or trauma triggered, facilitated or maintain problem(s).
Short, intermediate, long term
consequences?
Effects on social/work
relationships: very
relaxed; relatively comfortable; relatively uncomfortable; very anxious; volatile.
In what way(s)? How accident, injury
and/or trauma triggered, facilitated or maintain problem(s).
Effects on parenting
performance: no
impairment; mildly impaired; moderately impaired; seriously impaired.
In what way(s)? Short, intermediate,
long term consequences? How accident, injury and/or trauma triggered, facilitated or maintains
impairment(s).
Effects on academic
performance: no
impairment; mildly impaired; moderately impaired; seriously impaired.
In what way(s)? Short, intermediate, long
term consequences? How accident, injury and/or trauma triggered, facilitated or maintains
impairment(s).
Effects on job performance: no impairment; mildly impaired; moderately impaired;
seriously impaired.
In what way(s)? How accident, injury
and/or trauma triggered, facilitated or maintains impairment(s).
Short, intermediate, long term
consequences?
Effects on recreational
performance: no
impairment; mildly impaired; moderately impaired; seriously impaired.
In what way(s)? Short, intermediate,
long term consequences? How accident, injury and/or trauma triggered, facilitated or maintains
impairment(s).
Effects on financial status: no impairment; mildly impaired; moderately impaired;
seriously impaired. In what way(s)?
How accident, injury and/or trauma
triggered, facilitated or maintains impairment(s).
Effects on attention span: no impairment; mildly impaired; moderately impaired;
seriously impaired. In what way(s)?
Short, intermediate, long term
consequences? How accident, injury and/or trauma triggered, facilitated or maintains
impairment(s).
Effects on
concentration/memory:
no impairment; mildly impaired; moderately impaired; seriously impaired.
In what way(s)? Short, intermediate,
long term consequences? How accident, injury and/or trauma triggered,
facilitated or maintains
impairment(s).
Effects on mobility; driving; walking; running
etc. In what way(s)? How accident,
injury and/or trauma triggered,
facilitated or maintains impairment(s).No
impairment; mildly impaired; moderately impaired; seriously impaired;
Short, intermediate, long term
consequences?
Effects on level of ambition/goal-striving
behavior: In what way(s)?
Short, intermediate, long term consequences?
How accident, injury and/or trauma
triggered, facilitated or maintains impairment(s).
Effects on Activities of Daily
Living: eating; toileting; communicating; working; reading;
seeing; hearing; walking;
remembering; running etc. In what
way(s)? How accident, injury and/or trauma triggered, facilitated or maintains
impairment(s).no impairment; mildly
impaired; moderately impaired; seriously impaired
Effects on quality of life: no impairment; mildly impaired; moderately impaired;
seriously impaired. In what way(s)?
How accident, injury and/or trauma
triggered, facilitated or maintains impairment(s).
Pre-occupation with accident, injury-induced health problems and its consequences: won’t recover fully,
relentless pain, disability possibility,
loss of income-producing work etc. Short, intermediate, long term consequences?
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Disruptions/Losses
ü Trouble performing
activities; Short, intermediate,
long term consequences?
ü Loss of
work. Money; hours;
satisfaction?
ü Loss of
activities, recreational, social
and/or family relationships; Short, intermediate, long term consequences?
ü Missing special
events; family, civic, work,
recreational, educational, social etc.
ü Loss of training,
educational opportunities; Short,
intermediate, long term consequences?
ü Sleep
deprivation or
saturation; Short, intermediate, long term
consequences?
ü
Dietary losses or new requirements
ü Medication,
treatment side
effects
ü Sexual; Short, intermediate, long term
consequences?
ü Anxiety regarding
future effects to self, others,
family, finances and/or an unborn child;
Short, intermediate, long term consequences?
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Conclusions:
Summary of accident, injury-induced emotional symptoms on short, intermediate and longer term quality of life:
Dr. Mike Shery is the director of ACRS and is a licensed
clinical psychologist. He has practiced clinical psychology for approximately
24 years and is
affiliated with almost all health plans, including:
ValueOptions, Medicare, Cigna, Cigna Behavioral Health, United
Health Care, Aetna, First Health,
Healthstar, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois, ComPsych, Magellan Health, HFN, Tricare, Humana,
most union local plans, most school district
plans, Unicare, ChoiceCare, CAPP, Multiplan, Mental Health Network, Managed Health
Network, PHCS, PPONext, Humana Military-Tricare, United Behavioral Health and Beech Street.
He is board certified
as a specialist in professional counseling by the International Academy of Behavioral Medicine, Counseling and Psychotherapy. He a member of the American Counseling
Association.
The office is located in Cary, IL, near Crystal Lake and Algonquin, northern Kane County and in southern McHenry
County.
In select cases, phone consultations are available for those who don’t live locally> Telephone Counseling.
To make an appointment>New Patient Registration or to learn more
about the psychological services he provides call him
at 1-847-516-0899 (24
Hrs)
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