PCAD 2000: Psychiatric Content Analysis and Diagnosis GB Software Louis A. Gottschalk M.D. Ph.D. Robert J. Bechtel Ph.D H.L. & P.J.

PCAD 101 Content analysis of text using scales developed by Gottschalk and Gleser Earlier done by human coders Scales measure states of neuropsychiatric interest such as: »Anxiety »Hostility »Cognitive impairment »(…more later)

Getting started text file’s extension =.SAM store your file in the  PCAD folder, so you don’t have to maneuver through not so user-friendly interface

Open program -> select file You will have 2 choices: –Guide me or No Thanks –Guide me will give you scores on all scales –No Thanks option is more independent – you can choose which scales you like Running PCAD 2000

Running PCAD 2000 – Guide Me

Open desired file

Running PCAD 2000 – Guide Me Select an output option You can select all three at once

Running PCAD 2000 – Guide Me If you choose to open another file, your current scores will be erased from the screen

Running PCAD 2000 – Guide Me If you choose YES, you will exit PCAD Choose NO, to view the scores

Running PCAD 2000 – Guide Me You can access all of the scored categories through the view tab If you minimize a window it will temporarily disappear from the screen, until it is selected again through the view tab

Running PCAD 2000 – Guide Me

In PCAD folder, a spreadsheet file with an extension.CSV will be saved

Running PCAD 2000 – Guide Me To open new file, you can select desired scales

Running PCAD 2000 – Unguided  When a new file is opened manually, it is in unguided mode

Running PCAD 2000 – Unguided 

PCAD 2000 Scales