Psych Referral

Referral conversations should be tied to observed clinical events and should ask the patient for their perspective. Patients may decline referral even when depression or distress seems clinically clear. Psych referral guidance in the source is not a substitute for formal protocols for self-harm risk or trauma-informed care. Psychological referral is a normal part of care when a patient's needs exceed a movement professional's scope. Fixed pain stories, relationship or abuse-related threat, and large emotional reactions are clinical signals for possible psych referral. Intake forms that identify anxiety, depression, self-harm, medications, or current mental-health treatment create a direct opening for referral discussion.