Useful Tools for Assessment

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Modified Antidepressant Treatment History Form (Sackeim, 2001)

The ATHF consists of scoring instructions and ratings for most antidepressants/ augmentation/ and ECT trials. It is being used increasingly to determine the adequacy of antidepressant trials.

Last modifed: 7 September 2009.

Available as PDF (389Kb).

Medication Review forms: General guidance

These forms can be used for completing medication reviews for patients with depression, OCD, and bipolar disorder.

In most cases, we would advise using the MS Word version since this will automatically expand to accommodate additional information. Instructions for completion are included in each form. The form for depression assumes that you will be using the ATHF to score treatment trials (see above).

 

Medication Review Proforma: Depression

This proforma permits a systematic recording of all previous treatments for major depression, along with details on illness history and admission record.

Version 1.9; Last modifed: 21 January 2011.

Available in PDF (549Kb) or MS Word (97-2003) DOC (210Kb). Please note that this form is free to use, modify, and copy. The .DOC version permits electronic completion. The MS Word version uses the 'Calibri' font which comes with Vista and Office 2007. If you don't have this font, substitution will occur, and this may require slight reformatting of the table column widths, etc.

 

Medication Review Proforma: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

This proforma allows a comprehensive review of previous treatments for OCD. It also allows a recording of treatment-resistance.

Version 1.8; Last modified: 9 February 2011

Available in PDF (447Kb) or MS Word (97-2003) DOC (359Kb). Please note that this form is free to use, modify, and copy. The .DOC version permits electronic completion.

 

Medication Review Proforma: Bipolar Disorder

This proforma allows a comprehensive review of previous treatments for Bipolar Disorder in a range of different categories (mood stabilisers, augmentation, etc.)

Version 1.3; Last modified: 1 February 2011

Available in PDF (397Kb) or MS Word (97-2003) DOC (264Kb). Please note that this form is free to use, modify, and copy. The .DOC version permits electronic completion.

 

Treatment Recording Form

Intended to be completed after each drug/ combination/ augmentation trial. The sequential completion of a set of forms should provide all the information needed to determine treatment decisions. It will also obviate the need to perform time-consuming drug reviews in the future!

Available in PDF (392Kb) or MS Word (97-2003) DOC (125Kb). This form is free to use, modify, and copy. The .DOC version permits electronic completion.