System and method for longitudinal analysis of mood disorders

A program storage medium encoded with machine-readable computer program code for gathering clinical data useful in the clinical analysis and treatment of mood disorders, when the program code is executed by a computer, the computer performs the steps:

• a. displaying a main menu including a multiplicity of icons depicting inquiries to be answered by a patient;
• b. storing said patient's answers to said inquiries as clinical data generated on a regular basis by said patient;
• and
• c. aggregating data received from a plurality of patients.

A method for recording clinical data using a computer system, which data is useful in the analysis and treatment of mood disorders, said method comprising the steps of:

• a. displaying a main menu including a multiplicity of icons for selection by a patient;
• b. selecting a point on a mood scale ranging from depressed to manic in order to update mood data;
• c. selecting a sleep icon based on the number of hours asleep and the number of hours in bed and not asleep for updating sleep data;
• d. selecting a medication icon and updating the medication dosage taken;
• and,
• e. relaying said recorded clinical data to an attending physician.

A program storage medium encoded with machine-readable computer program code for recording clinical data using a computer, which data is useful in the analysis and treatment of mood disorders, when the program code is executed by said computer, the computer performs the steps of:

• a. displaying a main menu including a multiplicity of icons for selection by a patient;
• b. selecting a point on a mood scale ranging from depressed to manic in order to update mood data;
• c. selecting a sleep icon based on the number of hours asleep and the number of hours in bed and not asleep for updating sleep data;
• d. selecting a medication icon and updating the medication dosage taken;
• and,
• e. relaying said recorded clinical data to an attending physician.

A method for creating a combined longitudinal chart of clinical data received from a patient using a computer system, which data is useful in the clinical analysis and treatment of mood disorders, said method comprising the steps of:

• a. plotting a first graph of said patient's mood for each day based upon a selection by said patient of a point on a mood scale ranging from depressed to manic;
• b. plotting a second graph of said patient's sleep pattern for each day based upon a selection by said patient of a sleep icon;
• and
• c. plotting a third graph of medication taken by said patient by selecting an icon indicative of the medication dosage taken each day.

A method for aggregating longitudinal clinical data received from patients using a computer system, which data is useful in the clinical analysis and treatment of mood disorders, said method comprising the steps of:

• a. for each patient submitting clinical data, plotting a first graph of said paitient's mood for each day based upon a selection by said patient of a point on a mood scale ranging from depressed to manic, thereby forming an overlay of first graphs for each patient;
• b. for each patient submitting clinical data, plotting a second graph of said patient's sleep pattern for each day based upon a selection by said patient of a sleep icon, thereby forming an overlay of second graphs for each patient;
• and
• c. for each patient submitting clinical data, plotting a third graph of medication taken by said patient by selecting an icon indicative of the medication dosage taken each day, thereby forming an overlay of third graphs for each patient.