Recently
I wrote a post on mental health in the palm of your hand - exploring how technology and iPhone
applications were being used to share medical and mental health information.
Following that post I contacted Dr. Harvey Castro at Deep Pocket Series to
ask him about Sad Scale -
a self screening Depression test and iPhone application tool. Understanding the
need for a Depression scale for children, Dr. Castro worked with our team to
adapt the Kutcher Adolescent Depression Scale (KADS) for use on the Sad Scale application.
The KADS, along with the Center for
Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale for Children (CES-DC), are now
available on the Sad Scale. These applications will give you a graph on your
progress and will also allow you to email your health care provider the results
of the test. The iPhone application is available now and can be downloaded for
$0.99 from iTunes. We are now adapting the Kutcher
Generalized Social Anxiety Disorder Scale for Adolescents (K-GSADS-A) ... stay
tuned! (literally)
~ David Venn
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