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Posts tagged with 'clinical'

Handouts & questionnaires for depression, CBASP & neuroscience

18th May 2009

Here is a mixed bag of handouts and questionnaires. Most are spin-offs from CBASP (pronounced 'seebasp') - the awkwardly named cognitive behavioral analysis system of psychotherapy. There are also a few handouts which are adapted downloads from the neurosciences site "The brain from top to bottom". When in 2000, Keller …

Handouts & questionnaires for assessment of depression

6th April 2009

Depression assessment scales come in two basic forms - interviewer/clinician rated and sufferer/patient rated. As stated in the background information on the IDS/QIDS questionnaires (see below) "There are several accepted clinician rated and patient self report measures of depressive symptoms. The most commonly used clinician rated scales are the 17, …

Handouts & questionnaires for health anxiety disorder

22nd December 2008

Here are the two main questionnaires currently used to assess Health Anxiety Disorder - the HAI and the HAQ. The HAI is the one recommended by the NHS Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) initiative. I've also added a scale put together by Adrian Wells that assesses safety behaviours and …

Handouts & questionnaires for generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)

15th December 2008

Here are a series of assessment questionnaires and handouts for Generalized Anxiety Disorder: GAD, 2 question screen - answering "yes" to either of the two screening questions on this sheet suggests it's worth checking for a diagnosis of full Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) - for example by using the GADQ …

Handouts & questionnaires for obsessive compulsive disorder & body dysmorphic disorder

8th December 2008

Here are a collection of downloadable forms, questionnaires and handouts that I use when working with people struggling with obsessive compulsive disorder and body dysmorphic disorder. Normal intrusions - a list of 52 "normal intrusive thoughts" with the percentage of 293 students (none of whom had been diagnosed with a …

Handouts & questionnaires for problem solving & behavioural activation

24th November 2008

Here are a series of forms, questionnaires and handouts that I use regularly in my work. The problem solving diagram is a recurring theme - both at the start of therapy and as a sheet to return to when reviewing and considering additional therapeutic options. Other sheets are classic variants …

Handouts & questionnaires for summary, reflection, screening, progress charts, empathy & confidence, and more

6th October 2008

Here are a series of forms that I use almost every session with clients, or for screening and orientation at the start of therapy: Summary sheet - at the end of virtually every session with a client I move my chair round to sit beside them and, using a clipboard …

Handouts & questionnaires for panic, agoraphobia & depersonalization

1st September 2008

I've been working on the 'Panic & depersonalization' handouts list in the Good Knowledge section of this website. The list contains most of the handouts and questionnaires I currently use when working with people suffering from panic disorder, agoraphobia or depersonalization/ derealization disorder. Here they are with brief descriptions: Panic …