Methods for monitoring severity of panic attacks and other rapidly evolving medical events in real time

摘要

The present invention provides novel methods of recording a medical event in real-time. One aspect of the invention comprises providing a subject an electronic diary for recording one or more aspects of a medical event, wherein the diary electronically records a time at which entries to the diary are made without requiring the subject to input the time of each entry and wherein the diary further prompts the subject to make an entry in the diary at various time intervals. Other aspects of the invention include methods of determining whether a medical treatment produces a therapeutic effect in a subject using real-time data; methods of measuring response of a subject experiencing panic attack symptoms to a treatment in real-time; and methods of assessing the relative effectiveness in real-time of a first medical treatment and a second medical treatment.