Mental disorder screening tool and method of screening subjects for mental disorders
First Claim
1. A method of screening a subject for a mental disorder comprising the steps of:
- (a) presenting at least one inquiry to said subject relating to said disorder;
(b) receiving a response to each said inquiry;
(c) determining a score value for said screening based on each said response; and
(d) applying said screening score value to a color coded scale including colored areas associated with value ranges for said screening score value, wherein a color of a scale area associated with a value range encompassing said determined screening score value indicates the presence and/or severity of said disorder.
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Abstract
A screening tool according to the present invention is utilized to evaluate a subject for the presence of a mental disorder. The subject is requested to rate various aspects or categories of their mood, preferably within the range from zero to ten. A total score is determined based on the responses and applied to a color coded chart having particular colors associated with various numeric ranges. The color associated with the numeric range encompassing the total score provides an indication and/or severity of the disorder. The tool may be utilized for various disorders (e.g., depression, attention deficit disorder, dementia, etc.), where the tool may include particular aspects, scales and/or questions corresponding to a particular disorder. The tool may be further utilized at periodic or other intervals to determine subject progress with respect to the disorder in response to medication, therapy and/or other treatment.
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47 Claims
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1. A method of screening a subject for a mental disorder comprising the steps of:
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(a) presenting at least one inquiry to said subject relating to said disorder;
(b) receiving a response to each said inquiry;
(c) determining a score value for said screening based on each said response; and
(d) applying said screening score value to a color coded scale including colored areas associated with value ranges for said screening score value, wherein a color of a scale area associated with a value range encompassing said determined screening score value indicates the presence and/or severity of said disorder. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 46)
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16. A method of screening a subject for a mental disorder comprising the steps of:
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(a) presenting at least one and a maximum of five inquiries to said subject relating to said disorder;
(b) receiving a response to each said inquiry;
(c) determining a score value for said screening based on each said response; and
(d) applying said screening score value to a screening scale including value ranges associated with the presence and/or severity of said disorder, wherein said value range encompassing said determined screening score value indicates the presence and/or severity of said disorder. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 47)
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28. A tool for screening a subject for a mental disorder comprising:
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presentation means for presenting at least one inquiry to said subject relating to said disorder;
receiving means for receiving and storing a response to each said inquiry;
value means for providing a score value for said screening based on each said response; and
indicator means for evaluating said determined screening score value, wherein said indicator means includes colored areas associated with value ranges for said screening score value, and wherein a color of an area associated with a value range encompassing said determined screening score value indicates the presence and/or severity of said disorder. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A tool for screening a subject for a mental disorder comprising:
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presentation means for presenting at least one and a maximum of five inquiries to said subject relating to said disorder;
receiving means for receiving and storing a response to each said inquiry;
value means for providing a score value for said screening based on each said response; and
indicator means for evaluating said screening score value, wherein said indicator means includes value ranges associated with the presence and/or severity of said disorder, and wherein said value range encompassing said determined screening score value indicates the presence and/or severity of said disorder. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A method of indicating medical examination results of a subject to enable rapid evaluation of said results, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) assigning particular colors to adequacy levels for said medical examination results; and
(b) color coding each result of said medical examination in accordance with said color assignment and said adequacy level of that result. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45)
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