1. A user friendly computer assisted behavioral health assessment systems using proprietary algorithms to interpret and score user generated input to produce a substantially real-time preliminary evaluation of a subject’s behavioral health vital signs including recommendations for treatment, said system comprising:
a server connected to a communications network;
a first computing device connected to the server on which software is stored for access by a third party user;
at least a second computing device communicatively connected to the server via the communications network further comprising a display screen and a user interface for interactive use by the user, including access to the software stored on the first computing device to input user generated data; and
software installed on the server to interpret and score user generated input to produce a substantially real-time preliminary evaluation of the subject’s behavioral health vital signs including recommendations for treatment.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least second computing device comprises a touchscreen portable tablet computing device and the communications network comprises the Internet, and the software is accessible and viewable for interactive use on a website stored on the server and viewable on the touchscreen portable tablet.
3. The system of claim 1, wherein the software comprises executable programs using proprietary algorithms to assign ratings for each question to determine severity of a particular behavioral problem, wherein the proprietary algorithms metrics adds the following metrics: age, gender, frequency, severity, and chronicity as selected by the user to score an individual question.
4. The system of claim 1, wherein the software comprises cluster algorithms for categorizing behavioral data, wherein the cluster algorithm metrics adds the DSM-PC criteria plus one additional category, moreover, the cluster algorithm metrics add the number of answered questions by the user and the total is then divided by the number of questions for that section, all sections are added for the cluster such that the resultant cumulative raw score, although it is possible that a raw score may be enhanced by a predetermined factor triggered by a predetermined occurrence.
5. The system of claim 1, wherein the software comprises of a question module wherein the questions presented to the user fall into a plurality of different categories such as: At-Home, Habits, School Related, Family Related, Peer Related, Authority Related, Addictions, Emotional, Trauma, Environmental Situations, and Coping.
6. The system of claim 1, wherein the substantially real-time preliminary evaluation of the subject’s behavioral health vital signs including recommendations for treatment includes a report for a healthcare provider, said report includes graphs of Problem Severity and Problem Clusters, a list of critical information, and recommendations that are provided to the parent, wherein said list of critical information comprises those important items that identify more serious behavioral events than are typically seen, including: suicide attempts, nightmares, being bullied, collecting weapons, night terrors, hurting others on purpose, and starting fires.
7. The system of claim 1, further comprising a follow up process module, wherein said follow up process module further comprises of providing a user with the initially identified problem areas of the child and asking the user to identify any progress has been made, and whether there are any new concerns regarding this or other issues, wherein said follow up process module further comprises of recommendations that are offered for any newly identified problems as well as additional recommendations for the previously identified problems, wherein said recommendations are offered based upon the feedback provided by the user.
8. The system of claim 1, wherein the software comprises executable programs using proprietary algorithms to assign ratings for each question to determine the severity of a particular behavioral problem, wherein the proprietary algorithms compare and evaluate behavior clusters that fall into a plurality of different categories such as: Cognitive-Adaptive, Impulsive-Hyper, Negative Anti-Social, Substance Abuse, EmotionsMoods, Somatic Sleep, FeedingEatingElimination, Illness, Sex, Atypical, and Trauma.
9. The system of claim 1, wherein the software comprises executable programs using proprietary algorithms to assign ratings for each question to determine the severity of a particular behavioral problem, wherein the proprietary algorithms compare and evaluate behavior problems such that the seriousness of the behavior problem can be identified as non, mild, moderate, or severe, based on a predetermined evaluative criteria.
10. The system of claim 1, wherein the software comprises executable programs using proprietary algorithms to assign ratings for each question to determine the severity of a particular behavioral problem, wherein the proprietary algorithms compare and evaluate \u201cat risk\u201d behaviors such as ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder), physical, verbal, emotional, and sexual violence, depression and anxiety, bullying, cutting and self-mutilation, eating disorders, tics, school related behavior problems, obsessivecompulsive behaviors, substance abuse and addictive behaviors and trauma.
11. A method for evaluating and assessing the behavioral health of an individual using proprietary algorithms to interpret and score user generated input to produce a substantially real-time preliminary evaluation of a subject’s behavioral health vital signs including recommendations for treatment, said method comprising:
providing a user with a user friendly computer assisted behavioral health assessment system comprising of
a server connected to a communications network;
a first computing device connected to the server on which software is stored for access by a third party user;
at least a second computing device communicatively connected to the server via the communications network further comprising a display screen and a user interface for interactive use by the user, including access to the software stored on the first computing device to input user generated data; and
software installed on the server to interpret and score user generated input to produce a substantially real-time preliminary evaluation of a subject’s behavioral health vital signs including recommendations for treatment;
receiving user generated input in response to questions presented to the user regarding an individual’s behavior to determine the severity of a particular behavioral problem, wherein the questions presented relate to the individual’s age, gender, frequency of the specific behavior problem, severity of the specific behavior problem, and chronicity of the specific behavior problem;
evaluating the user generated input using proprietary algorithms and cluster algorithms to determine recommendations for treatment; and
providing the user with a substantially real time preliminary evaluation of the subject’s behavioral health vital signs including recommendations for treatment including a report for a healthcare provider, said report including graphs of Problem Severity and Problem Clusters, a list of critical information, and recommendations that are provided to the parent, wherein said list of critical information comprises those important items that identify more serious behavioral events than are typically seen, including: suicide attempts, nightmares, being bullied, collecting weapons, night terrors, hurting others on purpose, and starting fires.
12. The method of claim 11, further comprising a follow up process module, wherein said follow up process module further comprises of providing a user with the initially identified problem areas of the child and asking the user to identify any progress has been made, and whether there are any new concerns regarding this or other issues, wherein said follow up process module further comprises of recommendations that are offered for any newly identified problems as well as additional recommendations for the previously identified problems, wherein said recommendations are offered based upon the feedback provided by the user.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method of treating snoring, comprising the steps of:
injecting a composition into a spatial location of a patient’s soft palate, and thereby stiffening the soft palate with the injected composition to alter the dynamic response of the patient’s soft palate, the composition including a flowable polymer and an amount of stiffening agent to change the flexibility of the flowable polymer.
2. The method of claim 1, further including permitting the flowable polymer composition to change phases, and thereby stiffen the soft palate of the patient to alter the dynamic response of the patient’s soft palate.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the spatial location is defined by a bladder implanted within the patient’s soft palate.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the composition is injected into the patient’s soft palate by a needle.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of injecting a composition includes injecting one of the flowable polymer and the stiffening agent prior to injecting the other of the flowable polymer and the stiffening agent.
6. A method of treating snoring, comprising the steps of:
injecting a composition selected from a group consisting of a flowable polymer and a stiffening agent, into a spatial location of a patient’s soft palate, and thereby stiffening the soft palate with the injected composition to alter the dynamic response of the patient’s soft palate.
7. The method of claim 6, further including injecting the flowable ploymer into the spatial location prior to injecting the stiffening agent.
8. The method of claim 7, further including injecting a first amount of the stiffening agent, and adjusting the stiffening of the soft palate by injecting a second amount of the stiffening agent.
9. The method of claim 6, wherein the flowable polymer is a phase-change polymer.
10. The method of claim 6, wherein the flowable polymer is a polymerizable fluid.
11. The method of claim 10, further including allowing the composition to polymerize.
12. The method of claim 6, wherein the spatial location is defined by a bladder implanted within the patient’s soft palate.
13. The method of claim 6, wherein the composition is injected into the patient’s soft palate by a needle.