Patent US 7,204,805

A system for diagnosing and tracking patient symptoms includes providing an interview instrument implemented as a computer program accessible by clinician and patient to record symptoms and having diagnostic and assessment information for a selected disorder, the clinician interviewing a patient to identify, assess, and record symptoms on the instrument or the patient recording symptoms on the instrument before the first interview. The clinician develops a diagnosis and treatment plan and records them on the instrument and follows up with interviews for identifying and recording any changes on the instrument for documenting effects of the treatment plan. The interview instrument includes a joint use portion listing symptoms and assessment criteria and space for recording symptoms and assessments, a diagnostic portion having diagnostic criteria for the clinician, a patient-use portion having educational information for the patient and a follow-up portion for tracking effects of a treatment plan across subsequent visits.