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Compressive Assessment & Recovery experience (CARE) unit

CARE Unit is a leading comprehensive testing and assessment destination for adults seeking a unique collaborative 360° Comprehensive Assessment with a team of clinical & medical experts followed by findings to support continuing care recommendations. 

Our private-pay program helps many individuals each year reduce their suffering while receiving personalized attention and improving quality of life through an increased understanding of needs and self-care. 

Each CARE Unit team is composed of expert emotional and physical health assessors and diagnosticians. This allows for clear and collaborative diagnosis of those with complex symptom sets. We offer support and assistance with motivation to accept post-assessment options resulting in successful treatment and healing.

CARE Unit’s eighteen-to-twenty one-day schedule is beneficial for those who:

  • Exhibit persistent treatment resistant health issues
  • Lack an accurate diagnosis of cause and condition of suffering
  • Have a history of instability resulting from crisis, brain-based impairment, self-harming behavior, dual diagnosis, and substance use soothing, alongside mood or thought disorders

During the 360° assessment, each client steps through CARE Unit’s eight core processes with 24/7 awake staff support. The diagnostic assessments, inventories and testing may include any or all the following:

Medical

  • Medical History and Physical
  • Comprehensive Blood Panel

Psychiatric

  • Psychiatric Evaluation
  • Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-3 (MMPI-3)

Psychological

  • Complex Trauma and PTSD Assessment 
  • Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI)
  • Beck Depression Inventory, 2nd Edition
  • Beck Hopelessness Scale
  • Extensive Clinical Interview

Nutritional

  • Nutritional Assessment and Consultation

Environmental

  • Family Mapping
  • Sleep Hygiene Evaluation & Consultation

Spiritual

  • Spiritual Evaluation & Consultation

Dependencies/addictions

  • Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory-4 (SASSI-4)
  • Eating Disorder Assessment

Neuropsychology

  • Wechsler Memory Scale 4th Edition (WMS-4)
  • Cognitive Testing – Targeted Cognitive Battery
  • Cognitive Test Validity
  • Crystallized Intelligence
  • Fluid Reasoning
  • Auditory Memory
  • Response Inhibition – D-KEFS Color Word Inference Test
  • Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System (D-KEFS)
  • Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale 4th Edition (WAIS-4)
  • Verbal Problem-Solving
  • Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory -IV (MCMI-IV)
  • Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-5 (SCID-5)

CARE Unit clients receive individualized attention including methods to quiet their central nervous system, promoting accurate evaluation. These tools include Hands on Nutrition, PATH equine therapy, DBT coping skills and meditations such as QiGong & Kundalini Yoga.

Complete Comprehensive Findings Report provides a diagnosis set and customized treatment recommendations from our CARE Unit team in consultation with expert clinical partners including Cedars-Sinai.