An Internet-Based Symptom Checklist for Research and Clinical Practice in Neurology and Psychiatry

Camillo Thomas Gualtieri

Department of Neuropsychiatry, North Carolina Neuropsychiatry Clinics, Chapel Hill, Charlotte & Raleigh, USA.

DOI: 10.4236/ojmp.2014.31011                

Abstract

For many years, computer technology has been used for patient evaluation in psychiatry, although, for the most part, the applications have been in clinical trials or other research projects. Computer-administered evaluations are thought to be more comprehensive and reliable and less biased than evaluations routinely conducted in clinical practice. Also, the use of continuous monitoring systems, which increasingly entails computer administration, has been related to improved treatment outcome. This report describes the development of a broad spectrum neuropsychiatric symptom questionnaire (NP3) that is freely available over the internet and prints a report as soon as the patient and/or concurrent informants have completed the test. The results of the questionnaire can be saved to a central database in order to generate serial reports.

Keywords

Symptom Self-Report; Checklist; Computerized Testing

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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