I noticed that too. I joked and said - only from myself! KEK!

Hospital staff-nurses, have long been required to ask those questions. It is a government mandate. The hospital is required to ask those questions. If charts are audited and it isn’t done, it is a reason to deny insurance payments. There are basic questions to screen for sexual, mental, physical abuse by spouse, parents or elder abuse. The hospitals also screen for falls risks-accidents, intentional due to abuse, need for assistance with ambulation or assistive devices.

This line of questions was introduced long ago in an attempt to identify victims of domestic violence or abuse. In the ER it makes some sense. It must have become a "standard of care" because I started getting that every time I saw my own doctor, who was at the time in a group practice. I started writing sarcastic responses but it had to be answered until he went independent.

I had 20 questions of that, they came off annoyed that I declined to answer each individual question in the options

"choose not to answer"

if it asked for elaboration I just answered that I don't encourage mental illness and think it should be treated.