 111 FINANCIAL NEEDS CLIENT PRESENTATION 1. Low Income (1) * A. The client described a history of low income due to the effects of psychotic and other severe mental illness symptoms. B. The client is on a limited, state-supported income. C. The client report ed that his/her psychosis and other severe mental illness symptoms have resulted in a significant loss of income. D. As the client has stabilized, he/she reports increased financial stability. 2. Chronic Homelessness (2) A. The client described a patter n of chronic homelessness. B. The client described that he/she often uses supported transitional living services (e. g., homeless shelters or adult foster care placements). C. The client described a pattern of financial difficulty, which has contributed t o his/her homelessness. D. As treatment has progressed, the client has become more financially stable and is able to sustain his/her living situation. 3. Unemployment (3) A. The client has become unemployed and has no source of income. B. The client de scribed a consistent pattern of unemployment or underemployment and is not capable of providing sufficient funds to meet his/her basic needs. C. The client has developed a plan to obtain emergency financial relief through community services. D. The clien t has developed a plan to seek employment. E. The client has become employed again, and income has been restored. 4. Impulsive Spending (4) A. The client described a pattern of his/her impulsive spending that does not consider the eventual financial con sequences of such actions. B. The client was in defensive denial regarding his/her pattern of impulsive spending. C. The client acknowledged his/her impulsive spending and has begun to develop a plan to help cope with this problem. D. The client identif ied that his/her impulsive spending often occurs in relation to psychotic or manic episodes. E. The client has established a pattern of delaying any purchase until the financial consequences of the purchase can be planned for and met. * The numbers in parentheses correlate to the number of the Behavioral Definition statement in the companion chapter with the same title in The Severe and Persistent Mental Illness Treatment Planner, 2nd ed. (Berghuis and Jongsma) by John Wiley & Sons, 2008. 