How to Recover Your Username

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On the login screen, click the link “Forgot your Username?” This brings you the Forgot Username screen. Enter your email address. This is the email address associated with your SmartCare […]

How to Get Additional Login Assistance

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If you’re still not able to login or have locked yourself out of your account, click the Helpline Information link. This should take you to the CalMHSA helpdesk website. Click […]

Changing Your Password

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Your password will expire every so often, depending on your county’s privacy settings.  You will see a pop-up that indicates your password has expired. Click OK. This takes you to […]

Setting up Your Security Questions

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When you first login you will have to set up 3 security questions. If you’ve forgotten any of your security questions, your system administrator may reset them. To set your […]

Logging in to SmartCare

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To login, you’ll need the URL for the environment you’re logging into. Make sure you’re logging into the correct environment. Remember, there are 3 environments each county is given: Production […]

CalAIM Assessment

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The CalAIM Assessment is the new 7-domain assessment that DHCS initialized in July 2022. Please reference the CalMHSA Documentation Guides for more details on what clinical information should be included. […]

Pediatric Symptom Checklist (PSC)

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The Pediatric Symptom Checklist, or PSC or PSC-35, is required for youth mental health clients ages 0-18. You must first have the client open, click the Search icon. Type Pediatric […]

How to View PSC scores Over Time

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Have the client open. Click on the Search icon. Type “Flow Sheet” in the search bar. Select “Flow Sheet (Client)” from the search results. This takes you to the Flow […]

ASAM Assessment

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The American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) has created an assessment that they simply call the ASAM Criteria. Generally, this assessment is usually just shortened to “ASAM” in the substance […]

How to Add a Problem to the Problem List

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You must first have the client open, then click the Search icon. Type Problem into the search bar. Click to select Client Clinical Problem Details (Client). This brings you to […]