Clinicians’ guide to screening tests in mental health

By Mark Zimmerman, MD (bio) Editor: Do you use screening questionnaires in your clinical practice, e.g., the Adult ADHD Self-Rating Scale (ASRS), the Mood Disorders Questionnaire (MDQ), etc.? Even if you don’t, you probably use screening questions to look for disorders other than what the patient reports. And you do laboratory tests to screen for…