Mental Health Screening

WellScreen™ offers a quick, user-friendly technology platform that enables healthcare providers to administer evidence-based mental health screenings, document results, and refer patients to appropriate care resources.

It is difficult to overstate the impact that mental health disorders have on individuals, families, and communities.

• As many as 1 in 4 primary care patients suffer from depression.
• Nearly 1 in 5 adolescents (18%) experienced a major depressive episode in the past year, and approximately 23% had either depression or a substance use disorder, highlighting the urgent need for accessible mental health screening in community and school settings. 
• In about 13% of foster care cases, parents or caregivers cited that being unable to cope—often due to mental health challenges like depression—played a key role in the child’s removal

The good news: most mental health conditions, once diagnosed, are treatable.

Numerous studies support the effectiveness of screening for behavioral health disorders in a variety of settings. Screening offers a fast, reliable way to identify patients who are suffering from depression but may not seek help. Emerging research also suggests that early intervention can significantly alter the course of some mental illnesses.

WellScreen™ uses the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), the Patient Health Questionnaire for Adolescents (PHQ-A), and the Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item scale (GAD-7)—evidence-based, self-administered tools for identifying depression and anxiety. These validated screeners make it simple for providers, schools, community programs, and child welfare agencies to quickly identify concerns and connect individuals to appropriate supports.