Psych Central Launches New Sanity Score Web Tool to Help Assess an Individual's Overall Level of Mental Health
Psych Central today announced the public beta launch of the Sanity Score™ service at www.SanityScore.com. Sanity Score asks an individual 90 questions and then calculates a numerical result that can be used as a baseline metric for his/her overall mental health condition. In addition, it provides a thorough narrative and graphical representation of the assessment along 21 common mental health attributes.
HAVERHILL, Mass. (PRWEB) May 2, 2007 -- Psych Central® today announced the public beta launch of the Sanity Score™ Web tool at www.SanityScore.com that can help assess an individual's overall level of mental health. The system takes responses from 90 questions and then calculates a person's Sanity Score, a basic overall measure of a person's mental health. Along with the numerical result, people also get a thorough description of life factors that emerged to support the result plus a graphical representation of how high that person scored along 21 different common mental health attributes.
"Millions of Americans who have a diagnosable mental illness never seek treatment for it, in part, because they are unsure of their level of mental health," said Dr. John M. Grohol, Psy.D., founder and publisher of Psych Central. "We've refined this proprietary system to provide individuals with useful information about the state of their current mental health status."
The system is free, easy-to-use, and doesn't take long to complete. Simply go to www.SanityScore.com, log in with a free Psych Central account, and start taking the multiple-choice questionnaire. All-in-all, it only takes about 15 minutes to complete and receive immediate results, which can then be saved for future reference.
"Today's public beta launch is meant to draw attention to the growing number of people who are seeking reliable and helpful information online," said Grohol. "Visitor numbers to Psych Central, our flagship mental health Web site, have been growing consistently alongside the trend of people looking for reliable mental health information online. This is a great new tool that provides a new dimension to understanding mental health conditions that otherwise are difficult to quantify," he said.
The Sanity Score system will become more refined and be updated as more people take the test.
After individuals complete the Sanity Score test and learn more about their mental health condition, they can head over to www.psychcentral.com to learn more about any concerns that they system uncovers. For each attribute, Psych Central has a complete offering of editorial news content, reference information, support communities, book reviews, blog posts, and more.
About Psych Central
Psych Central®, located at PsychCentral.com, is a leading mental health portal that features original, peer-reviewed editorial content, news, research briefs, clinical trials, ratings and reviews of medications and treatments, the popular World of Psychology blog, and a thriving online support community. Each month more than 600,000 people visit Psych Central's independent libraries and communities, contribute to their own blogs, take an interactive screening quiz, and track their progress over time. Founded in 1995, Psych Central is published by John M. Grohol, Psy.D., a pioneer and expert in online mental health. Dr. Grohol's leadership helped to break down the barriers of stigma often associated with mental health concerns, bringing trusted resources to the Internet. For more news from Psych Central, please visit http://psychcentral.com/about/press_releases/
Neither Psych Central nor Sanity Score are a substitution for provide professional diagnosis or treatment.
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