Method for facilitating diagnosis of a psychiatric disorder
First Claim
1. A method of facilitating diagnosis of a psychiatric disorder in a patient, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing the patient with at least two sets of one or more questions relating to one or more symptoms of a plurality of psychiatric disorders in a format which facilitates recording the patient'"'"'s answers to the questions;
(b) directing the patient to answer a first set of one or more questions relating to one or more symptoms of a plurality of psychiatric disorders;
(c) directing the patient to a case study describing a psychiatric disorder based on the patient'"'"'s answers to the first set of one or more questions;
(d) directing the patient to compare himself or herself to the case study;
(e) directing the patient to answer a second set of one or more questions relating to one or more symptoms of the psychiatric disorder described in the case study, the second set of one or more questions having a set of answer choices wherein each answer choice within the set has a value assigned to it, the answer choices relating to a frequency at which the patient suffers the one or more symptoms of the psychiatric disorder described in the case study; and
(f) establishing a preliminary disorder indication based on the values of the answer choices chosen by the patient to the second set of questions,whereby diagnosis of a psychiatric disorder in the patient is facilitated.
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Abstract
A method of facilitating diagnosis of a psychiatric disorder in a patient is disclosed. The method includes the steps of providing the patient with one or more questions relating to symptoms of one or more psychiatric disorders in a format which facilitates recording the patient'"'"'s answers to the one or more questions; and establishing a preliminary disorder indication based on the answers provided by the patient to the one or more questions. The diagnosis of a psychiatric disorder in the patient is thus facilitated by the format which facilitates recording the patient'"'"'s answers to the one or more questions and by the establishing a preliminary disorder indication.
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1. A method of facilitating diagnosis of a psychiatric disorder in a patient, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing the patient with at least two sets of one or more questions relating to one or more symptoms of a plurality of psychiatric disorders in a format which facilitates recording the patient'"'"'s answers to the questions; (b) directing the patient to answer a first set of one or more questions relating to one or more symptoms of a plurality of psychiatric disorders; (c) directing the patient to a case study describing a psychiatric disorder based on the patient'"'"'s answers to the first set of one or more questions; (d) directing the patient to compare himself or herself to the case study; (e) directing the patient to answer a second set of one or more questions relating to one or more symptoms of the psychiatric disorder described in the case study, the second set of one or more questions having a set of answer choices wherein each answer choice within the set has a value assigned to it, the answer choices relating to a frequency at which the patient suffers the one or more symptoms of the psychiatric disorder described in the case study; and (f) establishing a preliminary disorder indication based on the values of the answer choices chosen by the patient to the second set of questions, whereby diagnosis of a psychiatric disorder in the patient is facilitated. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of facilitating diagnosis of a psychiatric disorder in a patient, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing the patient with one or more questions relating to symptoms of one or more psychiatric disorders in a format which facilitates recording the patient'"'"'s answers to the one or more questions, wherein each of the one or more questions have a set of answer choices wherein each answer choice within the set has a numerical value assigned to it, the answer choices relating to a frequency at which the patient suffers the symptoms of a psychiatric disorder; (b) summing the numerical values of the answer choices chosen by the patient to the one or more questions; and (c) establishing a preliminary disorder indication based on a sum of the values of the answer choices chosen by the patient to the one or more questions, whereby diagnosis of a psychiatric disorder in the patient is facilitated. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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