MAAS MI in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Our MAAS MI in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 1991 is currently under review for reconstruction.

Core Dimensions of Experience

How does the world feel? Who am I? Are my actions my own? In illness, they become visible.

Attunement“How does the world feel to you right now?”
Self“How is your sense of who you are?”
Agency“Do you feel like the author of your own actions?”
Embodiment“How do you experience your body?”

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Extended Dimensions (when indicated)

Intentional arc“Do you feel engaged with your life?”
Temporality“Does time feel normal to you?”
Spatiality“Do spaces and places feel normal?”
Intercorporeality“How is it being around other people?”

Two Comparison Types

  • Episodic: “How was it before? What’s changed?”
  • Lifelong: “Has it always been this way? How does it compare to others?”

Documentation

Record patient’s words verbatim. Note pattern: changed or always different.