Section 2 > Duties

Subsection 2.2 > Mental Health Evaluation

Psychologist Certification

The mental health checkup is an additional appointment a Psychologist can do. It comes with its own set of rules, guidelines, and rewards for completing a proper, acceptable checkup.

Procedures

1. Psychologists will first need to locate the patient for the appointment.

• Acceptable patients are Lore Characters, sentient SCPs, anyone exposed to SCP-035, Class-Ds, individuals present in a Lore event or a breach, and any individual that present psychological symptoms. 

1. • If the patient is an anomaly, please make sure the required Eta-9 is available and present for the evaluation if evaluatingSCP-017, SCP-049, or SCP-035. 

2. Take the patient to the Medical Bay.

   • No spectators are allowed, apart from the required escort and other Psychologists.

• This can be voided if a Lore Character or anomaly has requested people to observe.

2. • If the patient requests it specifically, the escorts may wait outside the door. 

3. Follow the Mental Health Evaluation template or make your own format; they should follow a similar structure.

   • Psychologists must always say the following during these events: "I am not a medical professional, any advice or information provided should not be considered medical advice. Always consult a qualified healthcare provider for medical concerns."

   • With SCPs or Lore Actors, psychologists must always say the following during these events "I am not a medical professional, any advice or information provided should not be considered medical advice that you would use in a real life situation. Always consult a qualified real life healthcare provider for medical concerns."

4. Questions should relate to the manifested symptoms, mental toll their duties may have given them or any trauma they might have incurred while being in the facility.

   • Each question asked is worth 3 credits. 

     1. Psychologists may not exceed 15 questions. 

     2. Follow-up questions do not count towards this limit.

5. Conclude the checkup by thanking the patient for joining. 

   • Psychologists may suggest that the patient attend a Therapy Session.

Subsection 2.4 > Actor Interview 

Psychologist Certification

This sort of interview is important because it allows Psychologists to fully analyze the behavior of sentient SCPs or Lore Characters while being flexible about what type of questions may be asked.

Rules

• The Psychologist must place a request for a Lore Character OR sentient SCP (and Eta-9 if required) one hour prior to hosting.

• Questions for SCP-049 must be cleared with the attending Eta-9 prior to hosting.

• The Psychologist must apologize to any actors in the event that they are angered. 

  • An actor may only be angered twice before the interview is terminated by the host.

  • Eta-9 may terminate the interview earlier.

Procedures

1. The host will create a request for an actor (and Eta-9 if required) one hour prior to hosting. 

   • Questions must be cleared by the attending Eta-9 if SCP-049 is being interviewed.

2. Start the interview once the actor (and Eta-9 if required) are in the office. 

   • You must ask at least three questions and no more than ten.

   • Up to five follow-up questions are allowed.

3. Begin by introducing yourself to the actor and taking a screenshot for evidence for the template.

4. Ask the actor any questions that will help you analyze their behavior. 

   • You can give them scenarios to answer.

   • You can ask them their opinions on certain teams (e.g., Class-D, the Security Department, etc.) 

   • You can ask them about their likes and dislikes or their opinions on certain subjects. 

   • You may ask genuine questions that may anger them.

     1. The questions may not be disrespectful or a clear troll question.

5. Conclude the interview and follow the format or create your own.

   • Ensure that you apologize to the anomaly if they were angered.

Subsection 3.5 > Therapy Session

Psychologist Certification

Therapy sessions give the opportunity for patients to vent and discuss their feelings about the foundation. These events may only be given under strict circumstances, such as if a Psychologist deems it fit after a mental health evaluation, after a breach involving Foundation personnel, lore characters, or Class-D, or to a SCP that breached or was affected during a breach. 

Procedures

1. Psychologists will first need to identify a patient.

   • Acceptable patients are:

     1. If deemed necessary after a mental health checkup.

     2. After a breach involving Foundation Personnel or Class-D Personnel.

     3. To an SCP that breached or was affected during one.

     4. After a lore event involving Foundation Personnel, Class-D Personnel, or sentient SCPs.

2. Prepare the Therapy Session and what topics will be covered. 

   • You must ask 3 questions, there is a max of 5.

   • You must ask 2 follow-up questions, there is a max of 5. 

   • The patient must lead the session. Any questions asked must be relevant to what the patient is saying.

3. Start the Therapy Session.

   • Psychologist must always say the following during these events: "I am not a medical professional, any advice or information provided should not be considered medical advice. Always consult a qualified healthcare provider for medical concerns."

   • With SCPs or Lore Actors, Psychologist must always say the following during these events "I am not a medical professional, any advice or information provided should not be considered medical advice that you would use in a real life situation. Always consult a qualified real life healthcare provider for medical concerns."

   • Therapy sessions should take a minimum of 5 minutes and a maximum of 30.

   • Make sure to let the patient just talk. A good session focuses on how a patient feels and their troubles.

4. Follow the Therapy Session template or make your own format; they should follow a similar structure.

Subsection 3.6 > Trailing

Psychologist Certification

Trailing allows Psychologist to follow a patient while they go about their daily tasks in order to gain better insight rather than actively testing or interviewing. The patient may display different emotions or do other activities that they wouldn’t do in a controlled environment. 

Rules

• Trailing should last at least 10 minutes.

• The subject should not be aware they are being tailed.

  • In order to remain inconspicuous, it is suggested you maintain a distance.

  • If you are discovered, maintain innocence and play along.

    • In the event that the individual or anomaly gets angry, you are to apologize and leave their vicinity. You may utilize the CCTV cameras near the outpost.

• Only SCPs or Lore Characters may be trailed.

• When trailing an actor, a Psychologist must have an escort with them to enter restricted areas such as the CDCZ, ACH, or CR.

Procedures

1. Psychologist(s) may work together and should first locate a patient.

   • Remember only sentient SCPs or Lore Characters. 

2. The Psychologist(s) should remain inconspicuous and note down any interesting things. 

   • You may note down anything that relates to the SCPs (e.g., the way they interact with certain teams/individuals, their likes and dislikes, et cetra). 

3. After 10 minutes, the Psychologist(s) may conclude the trailing and follow the template or create their own that follows a similar structure.