Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
---|---|---|---|---|
5722498 | Psiquiatría Biológica | 2016 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Cognitive symptoms are one of the diagnostic criteria for depression. However, there is currently no gold standard for their identification and assessment. This article reviews current assessment methods, including history-taking and psychometric assessment. There are 3 types of psychometric assessment tools: a) clinicianrated outcome measures (CROM); b) patient-reported outcome measures (PROM), and c) mixed, assessed by both the clinician and patient (CROM + PROM). The current tendency is to use assessment methods that combine both types of information: objective, provided by the clinician and based on observation of the patient's performance of specific tasks, and subjective, based on the patient's self-perceived difficulties.
Related Topics
Health Sciences
Medicine and Dentistry
Psychiatry and Mental Health
Authors
MarÃa Paz GarcÃa-Portilla, MarÃa Teresa Bobes-Bascarán, Leticia GarcÃa-Álvarez, Lorena de la Fuente, Julio Bobes,