Steps to take a mental health assessment using the Health app on iPhone

Through the Health app on iPhone, we can take an age-appropriate standardized mental health assessment (often used by clinicians) to answer questions about feelings and see your current risk for depression or anxiety. These surveys can help you figure out if you should see your doctor, and you can have the results in PDF format that you can share.

How to use the “Health” app on iPhone for a mental health assessment?

The following is a tutorial on how to use the "Health" App for mental health assessment:

1: Open on iPhone Health app, tap Browse, then tap Mental Health;

##Two: Please perform the following operations for different situations;

• Conduct an assessment for anxiety or depression: Tap "Anxiety Risk" or "Depression Risk", then tap "Proceed" Questionnaire".

• Get an assessment for both anxiety and depression: Scroll down to Learn more about Health, then tap Take a Survey.

## Three: Tap Start, then answer the prompts ;

##Four: After completion, we can perform any of the following operations;

Learn more about your results: Tap next to the result.

• Export results to PDF: Under Next Steps, tap Export PDF.

• Access articles and risk resources: Scroll down to "Mental Health Resources" and "Learn More."

5: When finished, tap "Done".

[Note]: The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) and the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale-7 (GAD-7) were developed by Dr. Robert L. Spitzer and Janet B.W. Williams, PhD, Kurt Kroenke, PhD, and colleagues designed an educational fund from Pfizer Inc. that can be a useful tool to help you identify if you are at risk for depression and/or anxiety. This content is provided in Health for informational purposes only and the results are not a medical diagnosis. Assessments are clinically validated only in specific countries and languages. If there are concerns about mental health, we can consult with a clinician based on the results of the assessment.

Attached: Tips for setting up a mental health assessment

1. Open the Health app on your iPhone.

#2. Click “Browse” and then tap “Mental Health”.

3. Click Anxiety Risk or Depression Risk, scroll down to the bottom of the screen, and tap Options below Export PDF.

#4. Turn on or off "Periodic Questionnaire" and "Record Displeasure".

5. After turning on "Regular Questionnaire" and "Record Unhappiness", you can receive prompts to complete the questionnaire. You can complete it several times a year, or you can complete it when you are unhappy. Do it when a pattern occurs.

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