Statement of Need and Purpose:
Our team, the Mood, Brain and Development Unit's, primary goal is the elucidation of pathophysiological mechanisms underlying depression and related mood disorders. An in-depth and efficient assessment of clinical symptomatology is the key to this endeavor. We require a system that uses an online platform to collect such data as to allow for efficient data accrual. We also require a system that uses an algorithmic approach to provide automated diagnostic information to clinicians, based on results from the general population. Moreover, the system must be secure and have a track record of efficiency in such setups and security. We have successfully used such a system in the past and have found it to reduce assessment times and cost while yielding a high quality of clinical information.

Background Information and Objective:
The contractor shall provide all resources necessary to accomplish the tasks and deliverables described in this Statement of Work (SOW). The contractor shall provide a website with questionnaires helpful to the lab's research, create de-identified login as well as user names and passwords for each person interviewed for secure access. The contractor shall provide all necessary maintenance, modification for this website, and all other necessary technical support according to the Unit's needs. The contractor shall provide an online platform that allows for the collection of basic demographic information (but not patient identifying information), as well as diagnostic information from the main psychiatric disorders as listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, 5th version. These will be collected in the form of a structured interview with spaces for open-ended comments. The required work will allow continuity with an online platform that can be used to collect data and provide data organization that can be used in analysis of pathophysiological mechanisms underlying depression and related mood disorders.

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