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Pre-Intake Assessments

Before your first appointment with us, please complete these assessments and questionnaires so that we can better understand what you are experiencing and how to better plan your treatment.

Patient Health Questionnaire

Over the last 2 weeks, how often have you been bothered by any of the following problems?

1. Little interest or pleasure in doing things
2. Feeling down, depressed, or hopeless
3. Trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleeping too much
4. Feeling tired or having little energy
5. Poor appetite or overeating
6. Feeling bad about yourself - or that you are a failure or have let yourself or your family down
7. Trouble concentrating on things, such as reading a book or story, or watching television or a movie
8. Moving or speaking so slowly that other people could have noticed. Or the opposite - being so fidgety or restless that you have been moving around a lot more than usual
9. Thoughts that you would be better of dead or of hurting yourself in some way
10. Feeling nervous, anxious, or on edge
11. Not being able to stop or control worrying
12. Worrying too much about different things
13. Trouble relaxing or staying relaxed
14. Being so restless that it is hard to sit still
15. Becoming easily annoyed or irritable
16. Feeling afraid, as if something very bad might happen
If you checked any problems, how difficult have they made it for you to do your work, take care of things at home, or get along with other people?

Mood Questionnaire

1. Has there ever been a period of time when you were not your usual self and...

... you felt so good or so hyper that other people thought you were not your normal self or you were so hyper that you got into trouble?
... you were so irritable that you shouted at people or started fights or arguments?
... you felt much more self-confident than usual?
... you got much less sleep than usual and found you didn't really miss it?
... you were much more talkative or spoke faster than usual?
... thoughts raced through your head or you couldn't slow your mind down?
... you were so easily distracted by things around you that you had trouble concentrating or staying on track?
.. you had much more energy than usual?
... you were much more active or did many more things than usual?
... you were much more social or outgoing than usual, for example, you called friends many times late at night or went to bars/clubs a lot more
... you were much more interested in sex than usual?
... you did things that were unusual for you or that other people might have thought were excessive, foolish, or risky?
...spending money got you or your family into trouble?
2. If you chose YES to more than of the above, have multiple of these events happened during the same period of time?
3. How much of a problem did any of these cause you - like being able to work, having family, money, or legal troubles, getting into arguments or fights?
4. Have any of your blood relatives (i.e. children, parents, grandparents, siblings) have had a manic-depressive illness or bipolar disorder?
5. Has a healthprofessional ever told you that you have a manic-depressive illness or biploar disorder?

Trauma & Stress Checklist

Please read the list below of problems and complaints that people sometimes have in response to stressful life experiences. Read each one carefully and pick the answer that indicates how much you have been bothered by that problem in the last month.

1. Repeated, disturbing, memories, thoughts, or images of a stressful experience from the past?
2. Repeated disturbing dreams of a stressful experience from the past?
3. Suddenly acting or feeling as if a past stressful experience were happening again (as if you were reliving it)?
4. Feeling very upset when something reminded you of a stressful experience from the past?
5. Having physical reactions (such as heart pounding, trouble breathing, or sweating) when something reminded you of a stressful past experience?
6. Avoid thinking about or talking about a stressful past experience or avoid having having feelings related to it?
7. Avoid activities or situations because they remind you of a stressful experience from the past?
8. Trouble remembering important parts of a stressful experience from the past?
9. Loss of interest in things that you used to enjoy?
10. Feeling distant or cut off from other people?
11. Feeling emotionally numb or being unable to have loving feelings for those close to you?
12. Feeling as if your future will somehow be cut short?
13. Trouble falling or staying asleep?
14. Feeling irritable or having angry outbursts?
15. Having difficulty concentrating?
16. Being "super alert" or watchful on guard?
17. Feeling jumpy or easily startled?

Attention & Activity Checklist

Please answer the questions below, rating yourself by the option that best describes your behavior and how you have felt over the past 6 months.

1. How often do you have trouble finishing up the final details of a project once the challenging parts have been done?
2. How often do you have difficulty getting things in order when you have to do a task that requires organization?
3. How often do you have problems remembering appointments or obligations?
4. When you have a task that requires a lot of thought, how often do you avoid or delay getting started?
5.How often do you fidget or squirm with your hands or feet when you have to sit down for a long time?
6. How often do you feel overly active and compelled to do things like you were driven by a motor?
7. How often do you make careless mistakes when you have to work on a boring or difficult project?
8. How often do you have difficulty keeping your attention when you are doing boring or repetitive work?
9. How often do you have difficulty concentrating on what people say to you even when they are speaking to you directly?
10. How often do you misplace or have difficulty finding things at home or at work?
11. How often are you distracted by activity or noise around you?
12. How often do you leave your seat in meetings or in other situations in which you are expected to remain seated?
13. How often do you feel restless or fidgety?
14. How often do you have difficulty unwinding and relaxing when you have time to yourself?
15. How often do you find yourself talking too much when you are in social situations?
16. When you're in a conversation, how often do you find yourself finishing the sentences of the people you are talking to, before they can finish them themselves?
17. How often do you have difficulty waiting your turn in situations when turn taking is required?
18. How often do you interrupt others when they are busy?

Thank you for completing these assessments.

We look forward to seeing you soon!

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