My mental health self-assessments
There are four sorts of mental heath problem that you can assess:
i) depression and anxiety
ii) traumatic stress
iii) psychosis
iv) emotional over expressiveness
There may be times when a person is experiencing such a severity of mental illness that they are unable to make their own decisions or are a danger to themselves or others. In these cases the law provides for the wellbeing and safety of that individual and for the safety of the general public.
The Mental Capacity Act is about whether a person is able to make decisions. Watch this YouTube video by MIND…
The Mental Health Act is about whether a person is a danger to themselves or others. Watch this YouTube video…
⚠️ Note that self-completion questionnaires are not diagnostic of a problem, rather high scores point to a problem being more likely. A diagnosis should be confirmed by a suitably qualified practitioner.
RESULT uses the best available brief measures:
Depression and anxiety - PHQ9 and GAD7 (9 & 7 questions)
Post traumatic stress disorder - PCL (17 questions)
Psychosis - PQ16 (16 questions)
Personality disorder - BPC (9 questions)
Read more about the psychometric properties of the scales…
more about mental health…
