HealthVault

More than 57 million Americans have a diagnosable mood disorder every year while less than half of these individuals receive help for their condition. One reason for this shortfall is the absence of a single, simple and reliable screen that can assess the risk of the several existing mood and anxiety disorders. The online M-3 Screen is a private, self-rated checklist for potential mood and anxiety symptoms. Your checklist responses trigger a risk assessment page indicating your relative risk for depression, an anxiety disorder, bipolar disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The Screen responses and the resulting M3 risk assessment may be printed, faxed, emailed or securely accessed online by a designated health care professional, all at the discretion of the user. The information provided by the M-3 expedites and organizes a discussion between doctor and patient of relevant mental health issues at their next office visit, helping to direct the physician toward a more accurate diagnosis. By providing parallel educational material for patients and their physicians the M-3 encourages treatment compliance and long-range follow-up of progress.