1. A method for reporting behavioral health care and status of a patient comprising the steps of: providing a database comprising at least one patient electronic chart including: patient demographic information; an answer to a behavioral health assessment question administered to the patient; providing a database including at least one narrative note format, the narrative note format comprising: fixed text material; and link indicators interspersed within the text material having means for pointing to specific data in the chart database, at least one link indicator related to patient demographic information and at least one link indicator related to the assessment answer; selecting a narrative note format from the database; integrating the narrative note format with the patient chart data pointed to by the link indicators; and outputting a report comprising a narrative-style text including information specific to the patient from the patient chart.
2. The method recited in claim 1, wherein: the answer comprises a numerically scaled answer; the integrating step further comprises translating the numerically scaled answer into text, for forming a narrative report having the linked assessment answer in verbal form.