A Problem List for Clinical Work

AbstractThe Screening List for Psychosocial Problems (SLP) is a self-rating scale of problems and symptoms for clinical work in psychiatry. Although the SLP contains an extensive list of problems, scanning of the patient responses allows the clinician to determine rapidly which psychological or social problems or psychiatric symptoms the patients finds most troublesome. The SLP is subsequently conducive to a more efficient clinical interview, allowing the clinician to focus on the issues the patient reports as the most distressing. Since the SLP consists of validated scales, it can also be used for conventional psychological measurements. The individual scales are sensitive to change and they can be used as measures of change with treatment.