Clinical Scales & Psychological Models
Plain-language explanations of the standard PHQ-9 and GAD-7 questionnaires and of the AI reflection models in Rohy AI, which are inspired by established psychology frameworks.
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Clinical Assessment Scales
Patient Health Questionnaire
The gold-standard tool for screening and measuring the severity of depression in clinical settings.
Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale
A validated, 7-item questionnaire widely used to measure the severity of generalized anxiety disorder.
Psychology Frameworks Behind Rohy AI's Models
Rohy AI reads your journal entries through models inspired by these frameworks and offers AI estimates you can reflect on over time. They are not clinical assessments.
Core personality traits: Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, Neuroticism
Six-factor personality model adding Honesty-Humility to the Big Five framework
Narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy β interpersonal style and boundary patterns
Nine interconnected personality types describing core motivations and fears
Four cognitive preference dichotomies (I/E, N/S, T/F, J/P) used for style identification
Emotional Intelligence as a stable personality trait β emotional self-awareness and regulation
Inspired by Rosenberg's self-esteem framework, measuring self-worth and positive/negative self-regard
Ability to regulate self-presentation and adapt behaviour to social contexts
Internal vs. external attribution of outcomes β agency and perceived control
Present-moment awareness and non-judgmental observation of thoughts and emotions
Duckworth's framework for passion and perseverance toward long-term goals
Psychological resilience β commitment, control, and challenge response under stress
Psychological Capital: Hope, Efficacy, Resilience, Optimism (HERO model)
Patterns of task avoidance, delay, and the emotional drivers behind postponement
24 character strengths across six virtues β from the Values in Action Classification
Adaptive vs. maladaptive humor β affiliative, self-enhancing, aggressive, self-defeating
Haidt's six moral intuitions: care, fairness, loyalty, authority, sanctity, liberty
Tendency toward analytical vs. intuitive thinking in decision-making
Behavioral patterns around urgency, competitiveness, and stress response styles
All models are used for self-reflection and journaling pattern analysis only β not as clinical diagnostic tools.
Provider Resources
Rohy AI for Clinical Practice
Rohy AI brings PHQ-9 and GAD-7 self-checks and AI reflection models into daily journaling, helping patients notice patterns between sessions.