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DASS-21: Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scale

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Ryan Buchmann, MA, MFT, CADC-II
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This is the DASS-21: Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scale has been transcribed for use as an editable PDF document.  It can be dispatched using the Client Portal or completed in the office with the client (e.g. on a tablet).  

To get a copy of the form, click here  Editable fields are shaded in gray.  Download first before experimenting with the form.  I have found that my default viewer does not let me play with the editable fields.

How to use this document with the client portal:

  1. Upload the DASS-21 to your SP account using My Account > Settings > Client Portal > Files (Read Only).  Areas of the form are in fact editable once the PDF is opened in a PDF viewer.
  2. Open the client's overview page and click Share New on the right.Select the DASS-21 from the list of forms displayed. When the client receives the document in the portal, they will have to download it to their local drive in order to view it.  Once opened in the viewer, they can edit it.
  3. When editing is complete, the client must print the edited file as a PDF.  This file can then be attached to an email and sent back to you.
  4. Be aware that if they return the completed assessment to you via Gmail, Yahoo Mail, or the like, it is going over an unsecured, non-HIPAA-compliant network.  It cannot be returned via the client portal.  If anyone has any ideas as to how this can be returned HIPAA-compliantly, please shout out.
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  • Megan Clifford

    Hey Ryan-

     

    Thanks for sharing all of your resources!  I am new to private practice coming from higher ed counseling. These are super helpful for me to have so I don't have to reinvent the wheel or search and download everything myself!

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  • Ryan Buchmann, MA, MFT, CADC-II

    I'm ALL ABOUT not reinventing the wheel.  I just wish there were a more efficient way for SP forms to be shared.

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  • Debra McJimsey

    When I click on the link I get the pdf of the scoring, is there a way to get the form that you transcribed into SP? This is terrific, thank you for sharing!

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  • Ryan Buchmann, MA, MFT, CADC-II

    Unfortunately, there is no way to import a form into SP. You will have to recreate the form in your account until the powers that be at SP decide to add it to the template library.

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  • Alice D. Hoag

    The one they have in the template library is useless without the scoring option.  None of their forms (nor buildable templates) have the option to score in SP - I wish they had a "Sum" function!  Thanks, Ryan, for your hard work in finding this form fill DASS21!     :)

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  • Dawn Amey

    I highly agree with Alice!  I am using SP to streamline my process, and because I cannot auto sum it increases my work time!

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  • Bart Hatler

    Why don't all of my forms, etc. show up when i try to share new form/questionnaire with an existing client? How do I get all forms to be accessible to "share" or "share new". Honestly, SP can be so frustrating and such poor UX. I would switch to another platform if anyone knew of a slightly better one. 

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  • Ruth

    Hi Bart - Prior to sharing forms with your clients, check to see that you've enabled all these forms to be shared. Follow these steps: 

    First, go to Settings > Notes and Forms and make sure that all the templates you'd like to send to clients to fill out are listed under Intake Forms. If they're not, click on the template title, navigate to the dropdown menu at the top of the page and select Intake Form from the Template Type options. Save your changes.

    If you'd like to send a template in your Template Library, you'll have to navigate to this tab, then click on the + icon next to the template to add it to "My Notes & Forms." If this template isn't an Intake Form, click on it and change the Template Type.

    Next, go to Settings > Client Portal > Shared Documents and Files and make sure you've checked the box to include each of the relevant Consent Documents > Save.

    If you've done all of the above and you still can't access the Intake Form Template when hitting Share on your client's page, then please submit a Help Request from your SimplePractice account. Click on the "?" icon to the bottom right > Get Help > Ask Question > Email. You can also click here to submit a Help Request: SimplePractice Help Request Form.

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  • Katharine (Kate) M. Meyers

    Thank you! I need all the steps in a 'how to' and I followed this easily, with success!

     

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