(August 11, 2023 at 1:07 pm)Helios Wrote:(August 11, 2023 at 10:52 am)Bucky Ball Wrote: There is a fairly standard self-reporting tool that in many states is required for Family Practice preventive visits and others I'm sure I don't know about, (probably Post Partum visits).Really their standard in name only because peoples minds are rarely standard
Many clinical research studies track the use of this tool, along with all the data the actual study is about.
It's called the PHQ-9. For established patients known to the providers, the scoring system is known to be useful.
I'd have to look up the research on it, but, just an example of a known, useful tool in wide use.
https://www.hiv.uw.edu/page/mental-healt...ning/phq-9
https://www.apa.org/pi/about/publication...properties.
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