Demographics
Collect full legal name, date of birth, gender, preferred pronouns, contact details, emergency contact, and insurance information to correctly identify the patient and match records across systems.
A standardized Healthcare Psychiatric Questionnaire improves accuracy of psychiatric histories, identifies safety risks early, and creates a consistent record for treatment planning and referrals. It reduces incomplete intake data and helps meet clinical documentation expectations required by healthcare organizations and regulators.
Primary users include psychiatrists, psychologists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, social workers, and intake coordinators in clinical settings.
The questionnaire also supports referrals, insurance preauthorization, and documentation needed for quality reporting and care coordination.
Collect full legal name, date of birth, gender, preferred pronouns, contact details, emergency contact, and insurance information to correctly identify the patient and match records across systems.
Describe chief complaint, onset, duration, symptom severity, triggering events, and functional impact at work, school, home, or social environments to focus assessment and diagnosis for clinician evaluation.
Record past diagnoses, hospitalizations, suicide attempts, psychiatric medications, psychotherapy history, response to treatments, and family psychiatric history to inform risk, treatment choices, and prognosis estimation.
Capture alcohol and drug use patterns, last use, consequences, treatment history, and screening results (e.g., AUDIT, CAGE) to detect comorbidity and guide integrated care planning.
Include structured items on suicidal ideation, intent, plan, means, homicidal ideation, self-harm behaviors, and protective factors to determine immediacy of interventions and safety planning requirements.
Assess sleep, appetite, energy, concentration, social functioning, occupational performance, and activities of daily living to measure severity and track response over time clinically and serially.
| Field | Configuration |
|---|---|
| Auto-fill Demographics | Use Magic fields to prepopulate from EHR. |
| Conditional Items | Show risk questions when red flags are positive. |
| Required Fields | Make DOB, name, and risk items mandatory. |
| Audit Trail | Enable timestamps, IP logs, and signer attribution. |
Ensure the eSignature platform supports HIPAA compliance, audit trails, secure storage, and integrations with EHR or practice management systems.
Complete at first intake visit or initial telehealth session.
If active suicidal ideation, complete immediately and escalate within hours.
Update within 24 to 72 hours of starting or changing psychotropic medication.
Review and document at each follow-up or quarterly for stable patients.
Send completed questionnaire with records within five business days of request.
| signNow | DocuSign | Adobe Sign | PandaDoc | HelloSign | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starting Price | $8/user/mo | $15/user/mo | $14/user/mo | $19/user/mo | $15/user/mo |
| Free Trial | 7-day free trial | Trial varies by vendor | Trial varies by vendor | Trial varies by vendor | Trial varies by vendor |
| Bulk Send | Yes (Business Premium) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Varies |
| Audit Trail | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| HIPAA Compliant | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Envelope Cap | No envelope cap | 100 envelopes/user/year | Varies by plan | Varies by plan | Varies by plan |