Method and system for assisting a professional person to advise a client
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1. A method for assisting a professional person to advise a client, comprising the stops of:
- presenting a plurality of questions to the client regarding a subject and receiving answers in response to the questions from the client;
analysing the answers from the client in a computer system according to predefined indicators for each question;
producing from the analysis an indication of the relevance of the subject to the client; and
providing to the professional person the answers provided by the client and the indication of the relevance of the subject to the client.
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A method and system for assisting a professional person to advise a client comprises a computer system 101, which presents a questionnaire to a client on a screen 104. The questionnaire includes a number of questions from which one or more answers can be selected. Each possible answer has an associated numerical value, and, by adding up the value for the selected answers, the computer system is able to provide indications regarding the client'"'"'s position can be determined. This has particular application in the diagnosis of psychiatric disorders, and allows for a more complete diagnosis, which can be achieved more quickly.
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1. A method for assisting a professional person to advise a client, comprising the stops of:
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presenting a plurality of questions to the client regarding a subject and receiving answers in response to the questions from the client;
analysing the answers from the client in a computer system according to predefined indicators for each question;
producing from the analysis an indication of the relevance of the subject to the client; and
providing to the professional person the answers provided by the client and the indication of the relevance of the subject to the client. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 27, 30, 31)
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16. An apparatus for assisting a professional person to advise a client, comprising:
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a database storing a plurality of questions grouped by subject, and predefined indicators associated with each question;
means for presenting to the client a plurality of questions regarding a subject and for receiving answers regarding those questions from the client;
analysis means responsive to the answers from the client and to the predefined indicators for the corresponding questions to produce an indication of the relevance of the subject to the client;
means for presenting the answers and the indication of the relevance to the professional person. - View Dependent Claims (22, 26, 28, 29)
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32. A method for assisting a medical practitioner to advise a patient, comprising the steps of:
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presenting a plurality of questions to the patient regarding the patient'"'"'s condition and receiving answers in response to the questions from the patient;
analysing the answers from the patient in a computer system according to predefined indicators for each question;
producing from the analysis an indication of the relevance of the subject to the patient; and
providing to the medical practitioner the answers provided by the patient and the indication of the existence of one or more conditions in the patient.
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