Completing the assessment may take some time, but you will receive a detailed report, a sample of which can be viewed in the PDF that can be downloaded below. Sample Report PsychAssess is a detailed psychiatric assessment. It is not a treatment program. It is aimed to help clinicians provide a diagnosis and plan treatment. Quick Link

PsychAssess is not for use during a mental health emergency. It is recommended that PsychAssess be used in consultation with a medical practitioner or mental health professional. It can help in an assessment in an urgent situation but not in itself provide or lead to treatment.

PsychAssess provides a thorough report, which may indicate areas of mental health risk. It is the responsibility of the person undertaking this assessment to seek appropriate treatment from their general practitioner or mental health professional if there are significant concerns following receipt of the PsychAssess report.

PsychAssess is an online mental health assessment questionnairing system that aims to increase your understanding of your current difficulties. PsychAssess is made up of questions that relate to your:

• Symptoms;
• General health;
• Emotions and mood;
• Day to day functioning;
• Thinking and reasoning; and
• Significant events in your life.

Will PsychAssess give me a diagnosis?

Mental health disorders are difficult and complex to diagnose. You should not take the information in the PsychAssess report as a diagnosis of mental health problems. The diagnosis and treatment of mental health problems requires a doctor or qualified mental health professional.

PsychAssess is designed to complement their work with you. None of the information on the Sentiens website is a substitute for a diagnosis and treatment by an appropriate doctor or mental health professional.

What will PsychAssess tell me?

It can help explain to you what are the most common symptoms experienced, how severe these symptoms are and how they affect you. It helps people understand the process affecting them, their background and upbringing and they feel about their health. It will not say that you have a particular illness. It helps indicate and clarify areas of problem but does not cover all areas and all problems. In particular, it does not deal with Attention Deficit Disorder, autism, and a number of rare conditions.

It helps you and your clinician discuss problems and issues and hopefully helps some people to decide to tackle their problems with their clinician. It is part of the modern philosophy of helping provide tools for people to understand themselves and partner with their clinicians.

How long does it take to complete PsychAssess?

The time taken to complete PsychAssess varies from 30 to 90 minutes depending on how fast you work and on the answers you provide. It is a good idea to set aside some time to complete PsychAssess in private. It is also important to complete PsychAssess in one sitting, as it is not possible to stop and then start up again at another time.

Why complete PsychAssess?

Your doctor may have advised you to complete this assessment to gather extra information about your mental health. Many of the questions are similar to those asked during a routine visit to your doctor. By completing the questionnaires, you will be able to receive the benefits of PsychAssess, which aims to:

• Increase your understanding of your difficulties;
• Improve the mental health assessment process for you and your clinician;
• Guide you and your clinician in treatment selection and planning; and
• Make mental health assessments available to you wherever you are, so long as you have access to the internet.

In some cases, individuals may use PsychAssess for their own assessment. If there are concerns, please discuss it with your doctor.

Is my privacy protected?

It is important to Sentiens that your privacy is protected so that you feel comfortable whilst using the website. In order to generate the individualised PsychAssess report based on the answers that you provided, we will need to store personal information – including health-related information about you.

Please be aware that information transmitted to us via the internet is not encrypted at this stage.

We will act to protect this information for the above stated reasons. We are, in addition, bound by the National Privacy Principles in the Privacy Act 1988 (Commonwealth). For further information, please ask a Sentiens staff member, or visit our website.

What does the PsychAssess report mean?

PsychAssess asks a series of questions that are answered by an individual. These questions form part of the sets asked by psychiatrists, general practitioners, psychologists and other mental health professionals. The report tries to provide the person and the clinician with an overview of a number of common problem areas.

What happens after I complete PsychAssess?

PsychAssess provides you with an assessment report, which is a summary of your responses with an explanation of what this means. The report is sent to you by email and you can also nominate your doctor and others (e.g. a family member) to receive the report. After completing PsychAssess the report will take about an hour to be sent.

The information in the report may increase your awareness of your current difficulties and assist you in communicating your needs to your clinician, who can then guide you to the best care for you. As it is a detailed system, it may use words that worry you or ask questions that are of concern. In this case, discuss these with you doctor.

What do you think of PsychAssess?

After completing PsychAssess, you will be sent an email that asks you what you think about PsychAssess. This gives you the opportunity to provide feedback, positive or negative, based on your experience with PsychAssess.

Your feedback will greatly assist us to improve PsychAssess. Providing feedback will only take a few minutes and we thank you in advance for this assistance.