SCALE TO IMPROVE MENTAL HEALTH DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT

建议的项目与NIMH研究课题评估有关 情绪和心理状态。我们的目标是开发一种筛查 帮助临床医生诊断最常见的DSM-IV的问卷 在门诊精神健康患者中发现的I型轴障碍 治疗。已经为拟议的问题起草了项目库 精神病诊断筛查问卷(PDSQ)的编制 这将筛查15个DSM-IV轴I疾病。拟议的PDSQ将 1)足够简短，便于患者在服药前完成 任命，2)基础足够广泛，以捕获更频繁的 常规临床实践中出现的疾病，3)易患快手 对信息的即时可用性进行评分，以及4)直接基于 关于DSM-IV诊断标准。第一阶段的目的是开发 PDSQ，确定在#年管理拟议比额表的可行性 常规临床实践，并评估基本心理测量学特性 初步措施。这些数据将用于指导修订 ，并将进行类似的程序以确定 修改后的仪器的属性。第一阶段将导致 较大的第二阶段将使用心理测量学强大的仪器 验证性研究 建议的商业应用：目标市场包括心理健康 专业人员、初级保健专业人员、健康维护人员 组织和管理型护理公司。预计该仪器将 提高诊断准确性、访谈效率和患者 对心理健康或初级保健评估过程的满意度 设置。

The proposed project is related to NIMH research topic Assessment of Emotional and Psychological States. The goal is to develop a screening questionnaire that assists clinicians in diagnosing the most common DSM-IV Axis I disorders seen in patients presenting for outpatient mental health treatment. An item pool of questions has been drafted for the proposed development of the Psychiatric Diagnostic Screening Questionnaire (PDSQ) which will screen for 15 DSM-IV Axis I disorders. The proposed PDSQ will be 1) brief enough for completion by patients prior to their intake appointment, 2) sufficiently broad-based to capture the more frequent disorders seen in routine clinical practice, 3) amenable to quick hand scoring for immediate availability of information, and 4) directly based on DSM-IV diagnostic criteria. The purpose of Phase I is to develop the PDSQ, determine the feasibility of administering the proposed scale in routine clinical practice, and evaluate the basic psychometric properties of the preliminary measure. These data will be used to guide a revision of the scale, and a similar procedure will be conducted to establish the properties of the modified instrument. Phase I will result in a psychometrically strong instrument to be used in the larger Phase II validation studies PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATION: The target markets include mental health professionals, primary care professionals, health maintenance organizations, and managed care companies. The instrument is expected to improve diagnostic accuracy, interview efficiency, and patient satisfaction with the evaluation process in mental health or primary care settings.