Mental Health Baseline Setter
PROEstablish quantified mental health baselines using GAD-7, PHQ-9, and resilience scales. Set measurable targets for anxiety, depression, and resilience improvement.
Example Usage
“I’ve been feeling anxious for months—can’t sleep, always worried about work. I’m starting therapy next week and want to establish where I’m at right now so I can track improvement. Give me a clear baseline assessment and realistic targets for the next 8 weeks.”
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Suggested Customization
| Description | Default | Your Value |
|---|---|---|
| Lookback period for symptom assessment | 14_days | |
| Resilience measurement scale (RS-5, CD-RISC, REMAP) | RS-5 | |
| Trigger escalation recommendation at this level | moderate | |
| Days between baseline reassessments | 28 | |
| Minimum clinically significant change percentage | 30 | |
| Whether to assess socioecological context | true |
Establish a quantified mental health baseline using validated clinical screening instruments. The Mental Health Baseline Setter guides you through GAD-7 (anxiety), PHQ-9 (depression), and RS-5 (resilience) assessments, interprets your scores against clinical cutoffs, identifies contributing factors and protective strengths, and helps you set measurable SMART goals for improvement with a progress tracking framework.
Research Sources
This skill was built using research from these authoritative sources:
- PHQ-9 and GAD-7 to Detect Depression and Anxiety Clinical validation of PHQ-9 and GAD-7 with DSM-IV diagnostic criteria; 90% sensitivity/specificity for population screening
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item (GAD-7) Guide Official GAD-7 interpretation guide with cutoff scores; 92% sensitivity, 76% specificity
- Resilience in Mental Health Services Study Large-scale study (N=9,165) establishing baseline resilience norms; 81% show low resilience at baseline
- Resilience Scale RS-5 Validation Psychometric validation with population norm values, factorial invariance, correlations with depression/anxiety
- Measuring Mental Health Outcomes PHQ-4 baseline screening for workplace mental health; personalized support matching
- Common Measures in Mental Health - ICHOM International standardization endorsing PHQ-9, GAD-7, resilience scales across ICHOM standard sets
- Comprehensive Resiliency Framework Evidence-based resilience intervention framework; Current Experience Scale for measuring target resilience
- Brief CBT Provider's Guide Clinical assessment for CBT suitability; case conceptualization, baseline assessment, goal setting
- SMART Goals in Mental Health Treatment Framework for converting baseline assessments into SMART goals in CBT and rehabilitation
- Goal Planning in Mental Health - Systematic Review Evidence for goal-based interventions; Goal Attainment Scaling for baseline-target mapping