Clinical blog
Assessment, validated instruments and professional practice.
A practical guide to picking psychometrically sound Spanish instruments — PHQ-9, GAD-7, PSS-10, AUDIT — for bilingual Latino patients in US practice.
A concise review of PHQ-9 and GAD-7 performance in Spanish-speaking Latino primary care — sensitivity, specificity, and the traps to avoid.
How a unified patient record — anamnesis, tests, session notes and finance in one place — changes what's possible in solo private practice.
How to read Brief-COPE subscale patterns beyond the total score — separating approach coping from avoidant coping and using the result to shape therapy.
Choosing among three widely used well-being outcome measures — the SWLS, the Flourishing Scale, and the MHC-SF — and when each earns its place in a battery.
How the SPIN (social anxiety) and PSWQ (worry) complement the GAD-7 and change treatment planning for anxious patients.