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BIRP note

Therapy note format: Behaviour, Intervention, Response, Plan.

BIRP — *Behaviour, Intervention, Response, Plan* — is a therapy note format common in community behavioural-health and substance-use treatment. It centres the structure on what the clinician *did* and how the client responded, rather than on the patient's narrative report.

Agencies billing Medicaid or running golden-thread compliance often standardise on BIRP. Scribes that lead with behavioural health usually offer it natively.

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See also

  • DAP note — Therapy note format: Data, Assessment, Plan.
  • GIRP note — Therapy note format: Goal, Intervention, Response, Plan.
  • PIRP note — Therapy note format: Problem, Intervention, Response, Plan.