TOOL FOR IDENTIFYING OCCURRENCE OF ACUTE INCIDENT SYMPTOMATIC OF MENTAL CONDITION OR DISORDER

摘要

A tool is described for objectively identifying and providing assessment of acute psychotic episodes, such as auditory hallucinations, symptomatic of a mental condition or disorder. The tool can include an audio interface on a microphone-equipped networked mobile wireless telecommunication computing device which a patient can use to determine whether the perceived sounds are real or hallucinatory. If the microphone fails to detect ambient sounds indicating that the sounds are real, the application can provide a remote alert signal so that appropriate parties (e.g. the patient's treatment team or emergency medical personnel) can take action.