| DESCRIPTION OF ENHANCEMENTS |
This patch addresses the following issues in the Mental Health software.
properly. This has been corrected in MHA 1.0.2.10.
ISM-0702-90939
EKH-0698-41771
Test Site(s): Battle Creek VAMC, MI
Miami VAMC, FL
Minneapolis VAMC, MN
Portland VAMC, OR
VA Central Texas HCS
CLE-0303-41699
VA Health Care Network Upstate New York
VA N. Florida/S. Georgia Veterans HCS
VA NORTHERN CALIFORNIA HCS
ROUTINE SUMMARY:
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The second line of the routine now looks like:
<tab> ;;5.01;MENTAL HEALTH;**[patch list]**;Dec 30, 1994
Checksum Values
Routine Name Before Patch After Patch Patch List
------------ ------------ ----------- -----------
YSPOS70 N/A 137198 70
YSPRE70 N/A 401194 70
YSLOCN 1357796 1317415 70
YSMTI3 7694272 7918553 53,71,76,70
YTALUSEC 2558679 3281368 54,70
YTCESD N/A 2054143 70
2. New scales have been added to the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality
YTLCTD 2849688 2159359 70
YTMMPI2B 17200069 18391657 10,31,76,70
YTPHQ9 N/A 2995455 70
Sites should use CHECK^XTSUMBLD to verify checksums.
SOFTWARE RETRIEVAL:
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The following software and documentation files are exported as part
Inventory-2 (MMPI2). The new scales are the Restructured Clinical
of this patch:
File Name Contents Retrieval Format
--------- -------- ----------------
YS_501_70.KID YS*5.01*70 ASCII
YS_501_70.ZIP Mental Health Assistant BINARY
This file is the complete install
for the Mental Health Assistant
GUI version 1.0.2.10 client.
(RC) Scales for the MMPI2. The RC scales are based on recent factor
- YS_MHA.EXE MHA2 Executable
YS50170_Setup_125.EXE Mental Health Assistant BINARY
This file is the complete install
for the Mental Health Assistant
GUI version 1.0.2.10 client.
- YS_MHA.exe MHA2 Executable
- YS_MHA_SD.exe Secure Desktop Executable
analyses of the existing Clinical Scales, and are intended to be used
- YS_MHA_KH.DLL Keyboard Hook DLL used by Secure Desktop
- YS_MHA.Hlp Online Help file
- YS_MHA.GID Online Help configuration file
The software files are available on the following OI Field Offices'
ANONYMOUS.SOFTWARE directories.
All sites are encouraged to use their FTP capability to obtain these
files. Use the FTP address "download.vista.domain.ext" (without the
as aids in the interpretation of the Clinical Scale profile. The names
quotes) to connect to the first available FTP server where the files
are located.
OI FIELD OFFICE FTP ADDRESS DIRECTORY
=============== =========== =========
ALBANY ftp.fo-albany.domain.ext [ANONYMOUS.SOFTWARE]
HINES ftp.fo-hines.domain.ext [ANONYMOUS.SOFTWARE]
SALT LAKE ftp.fo-slc.domain.ext [ANONYMOUS.SOFTWARE]
of the 9 RC scales are as follows (note that there is no RC5 scale):
Installation Instructions:
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1. Use the 'LOAD A DISTRIBUTION' option on the Installation menu of the
KIDS menu. The Host File name is YS_501_70.KID. Answer YES to the
question: "Want to Continue with Load? YES//"
2. The patch has now been loaded into a Transport global on your
system. You now need to install the Transport global.
On the KIDS menu, under the 'Installation' menu, use the
RCd: Demoralization
following options:
Print Transport Global
Compare Transport Global to Current System
Verify Checksums in Transport Global
Backup a Transport Global
3. Users may remain on the system, but installation should be done
at off peak hours.
RC1: Somatic Complaints
4. Installation will take less than five minutes.
5. From the 'Installation Menu' of the KIDS menu, run the option
'Install Package(s)' Select the package 'YS*5.01*70'
and proceed with install.
RC2: Low Positive Emotions
6. When prompted 'Want KIDS to INHIBIT LOGONs during the
install//', respond NO.
When prompted 'Want to DISABLE Scheduled Options, Menu Options,
and Protocols? YES//', respond NO
7. Routines YSPRE70 and YSPOS70 are deleted after the installation has
successfully completed.
RC3: Cynicism
RC4: Antisocial Behavior
RC6: Ideas of Persecution
RC7: Dysfunctional Negative Emotions
RC8: Aberrant Experiences
RC9: Hypomanic Activation
Note:
1. Patients who take the BECK SCALE FOR SUICIDAL IDEATION (BSI) test on
The set of MMPI2 scales that are scored and the order in which they are
presented has been changed to be consistent with the recommendations of
the test authors and publisher.
The PTSD-Schlenger scale is no longer scored.
3. Three new psychological tests have been added to the MH INSTRUMENT
(#601) file. The new depression measures include the 20-item version
Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CESD), the Center
the Mental Health Assistant are presented with questions that do not
For Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale 5 Items (CESD5) and the
Prime-MD Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ9). The PHQ9 is based on
the 9 DSM-IV criteria for Major Depressive Episode, and test results
include both the number of criteria met as well as indication of
whether the criteria for MDE are met. All can now be administered
using the Mental Health Assistant.
4. The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test Condensed (AUDC) has been
revised to meet the new Alcohol Screening Performance Measure issued by
the Office of Quality and Performance.
make sense when compared to their previous answers. For example, the
5. The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test Condensed Revised (AUDCR)
has been made non-operational by setting the value to "N" in the
MH INSTRUMENT file (#601) OPERATIONAL field (#32).
6. An entry to the COPYRIGHT HOLDER file (#601.3) has been made for the new
psychological test PHQ9.
7. The instrument Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEOPI) in the MH
MULTIPLE SCORING file (#601.6), which allows the user to score
patient says that he/she is not suicidal but the test asks him/her
multiple instruments, has been edited to correctly return scale
scores to be displayed on the Test Results in the Mental Health
Assistant (MHA).
Also corrected within the NEOPI is item #86 which read "When I'm under
a great deal of stress, sometimes I fell like I'm going to pieces.".
Item #86 now reads as "When I'm under a great deal of stress, sometimes
I feel like I'm going to pieces."
detailed questions about the last attempt and possible future attempts
8. When running option List Test and Interviews [YSMLST] from programmer
prompt...%DSM-E-ENDOFILE, end of file encountered. This error has been
corrected.
EKH-0698-41771
9. The instrument Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III (MCMI3) in the
MH INSTRUMENT file (#601) ITEM NUMBER field (#1) entry #41 which read
"I've done a number of stupid things on impulse that needed up causing
me great trouble.". Item Number #41 now reads as "I've done a number of
at suicide. The skip logic for the BSI was not included in MHA.
stupid things on impulse that ended up causing me great trouble."
CTX-1003-71717
Also within the MCMI3 the TEST SCALE NUMBER field (#16) SCALE NAME
sub-field (#.05) for entries 12, 14 and 15 which read:
6B Aggressive/Sadistic
8A Passive-Aggressive
8B Self-Defeating
The skip logic for the BSI using the List Manager software worked
SCALE NAME entries 12, 14 and 15 now read as:
6B Sadistic
8A Negativistic
8B Masochistic
NOIS call(s): CTX-1003-71717
CLE-0303-41699
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