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New Evidence-Based Case Conceptualization and Treatment Planning Guide

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Evidence-Based Case Conceptualization and Treatment Planning for Complex Presentations: A Quick Guide

Developers: Elizabeth Nosen, PhD and Kelly Buckholdt, PhD. Editors: Jennifer L. Bryan PhD and Ali Abbas Asghar-Ali, MD.

This guide will help clinicians better understand and plan treatments to address co-occurring mental health conditions. Clinicians will learn how to use measurement-based care during case conceptualization and treatment planning. They will learn to take a flexible, Veteran-centered approach to planning care over time. The guide:

• Provides an overview of case conceptualization for complex presentations, including core concepts and definitions, clinical complexity and comorbidity, case conceptualization, and tips.
• Discusses measurement-based care (MBC) in case conceptualization, including examples, MBC as a transdiagnostic tool, MBC quick reference, and tips.
• Covers treatment planning for comorbid presentations, including clinical practice guidelines (CPGs), basic steps to treatment planning for psychiatric comorbidities, shared decision making for initial treatment planning, and tips.
• Published 2025

Last updated: October 22, 2025