Evaluation
“All the information contained in this section is for guidance only. Psious environments are therapy supporting tools that must be used by the healthcare professional within an evaluation and intervention process designed according to the characteristics and needs of the user.
Also remember that you have the General Clinical Guide in which you have more information on how to adapt psychological intervention techniques (exposure, systematic desensitization, cognitive restructuring, chip economy…) to Psious environments.”
Depression Evaluation
In this section we propose different strategies and tools on how to evaluate mood.
OBJECTIVES
- Include a full history and examination, including a mental status examination.
- Activity level
- Beliefs and Thoughts assessment
- Explore functional, interpersonal and social issues
- Take a mental health history that documents past episodes of depression or mood elevation, response to previous treatment and the existence of comorbid mental health conditions
- Assess client safety and risk to others. Suicidal intent should be assessed regularly.
- Obtain, if possible, third-party history from family members or other caregivers if the client consents and it is appropriate.
Useful tools for Depression evaluation
Considering the evaluation objectives, we will enumerate some of the tools that can be useful to obtain relevant information about the characteristics of your user. Remember that good objectives definitions, patient characterization and planification of the intervention are important for therapeutic efficiency and effectiveness just like the user satisfaction. In the bibliography you will find articles where you can revise the characteristics of the proposed tools.
OPEN OR SEMI-STRUCTURED INTERVIEW
- Structured interview ADIS-IV
SELF-REPORTS
- Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9)
- Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II)
- Overall Depression Severity and Impairment Scale (ODSIS)
- Overall Anxiety Severity and Impairment Scale (OASIS)
- EuroQOL instrument (EQ-5)