Patient-psychiatrist communication (2-com)

Using 2-COM

The 2-COM checklist has been put together to help you talk more openly with your doctor or your nurse about any problems you might be having. By knowing more about your problems, your doctor or nurse may be able to do more to help you. It can be difficult to remember to mention all the things that are bothering you when you go to see the doctor. The 2-COM list will help you to remember the things that you want to talk about with the doctor at your appointment.

STEP 1:

Complete the checklist while you are waiting for your appointment. Go down the list of questions and tick (v) all of the boxes that apply to you. Completing the form shouldnt take more than a few minutes. If you do not want to give answers to some of the questions then they should be left blank, but you should answer questions the as honestly as you can. There are no right or wrong answers. Only you and your doctor or nurse will know what answers you have given.

STEP 2:

On the back of the form are three scales for you to mark with a cross (X). The scales help tell the doctor how you are managing with your treatment, how you think you are coping with everyday life and how you are feeling generally. Putting a cross nearer the bottom of the scale means you think you are not doing very well. Putting a cross nearer the top of the scale means you think you are doing well.

STEP 3:

Give your form to your doctor at the beginning of your clinic appointment so that you can work through the list together and discuss the problems you have ticked.

Please find below Patient Checklists in various languages (PDF format): 

  Danish Patient Checklist  
  Dutch Patient Checklist  
  English Patient Checklist  
  Finnish Patient Checklist  
  French Patient Checklist  
  German Patient Checklist  
  Italian Patient Checklist  
  Spanish Patient Checklist  
  Turkish Patient Checklist