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Mental Health

Privacy
Depression
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Sleep Disturbance
Medications

If you're struggling with a psychological condition, you're not alone. According
to a recent report by the Surgeon General, 22% of the American population
has a diagnosable mental disorder. Mental illness, the report noted, is the
second leading cause of disability.

Your recovery often depends on sharing your problems with a trained
professional. But if you're like many suffering from emotional disorders, this
may be the most difficult part of your treatment process.

You may worry about feeling exposed and stigmatized if unauthorized
individuals somehow access your medical history. You fear that your privacy
will be shattered if a potential employer learns of your psychological history
and denies you a job. Or you may be concerned that someone will find your
daily journal or dream diary.

Privacy

With PHDtoGo, you can enter any information about your condition without
feeling apprehensive about
your privacy.

Using PHDtoGo's de-identification method, no one need ever know who you
are. You don't have to give us any identifiable personal information
whatsoever to use our online personal health diary. In fact, we actively
discourage you from doing so.

With PHDtoGo's privacy protection, you don't have to worry when you:

  • Record your thoughts and feelings between counseling sessions.
  • Jot down any insights from discussions with your mental health professional.
  • Track your appointments and medication schedule.
PHDtoGo also lets you track your family's history of mental illness -- what triggered their illness, how they were treated, and what helped them
recover -- while protecting their identities as well.

Depression

If you're depressed, just getting up in the morning can feel like an impossible
task. You may feel like crying all the time. Or maybe you've stopped caring
about your appearance, or have lost interest in sex.

By recording your feelings, symptoms and reactions in PHDtoGo, you may
improve the quality of your sessions with your mental health professionals.
You could uncover important details that might otherwise have gone
unnoticed.

If you feel that your life is lacking structure because of your depressive state,
you can use PHDtoGo to record how you plan to spend your time. At the end
of each day, you can review your "to-do" list and see how much you have
accomplished. This can help identify what gets you motivated and focused.

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

If you suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder, PHDtoGo can help you track the prevalence of "checking" behaviors. You'll also be able to mark how much of your day is spent on obsessive-compulsive behaviors, and record the content of your obsessive thoughts.

With PHDtoGo you can view your condition over time (longitudinal tracking),
and see the progress you've made and the changes in your behavior.

Sleep Disturbance

Your emotional state may be interrupting your sleeping patterns. By keeping a sleep journal on PHDtoGo you can track:
  • the time you went to bed, and how long it took to fall asleep
  • the number of times during the night you woke up
  • your mood when you went to sleep, and when you woke up
  • the time you woke up in the morning
  • how well you slept
  • the total number of hours you slept
Your mental health professional can use this information to determine how to
treat you, or if you need medication to help you sleep.

Medications

Finding the right medication to help control your emotional state can take time and effort. This detective work can seem exasperating, especially when you're anxious to start feeling better and living a normal life.

You'll find that PHDtoGo can make it easy and convenient to track:
  • how long it took before you felt any benefits
  • any changes in your behavior
  • how much, and how often, you need to take your medication
  • side effects
This information can help your mental health provider monitor your
medication's therapeutic benefits. Based on this information, your provider
may want to modify your therapy, or switch medications.

And by having a complete diary of all your medications on PHDtoGo, your mental health providers may also be able to identify any harmful interactions or duplicate prescriptions.

Elements of your family's medication history can be incorporated into your PHDtoGo health diary. This information can assist your mental health provider in planning your treatment.



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