Screeners · Solutions Psychiatry
Free mental health screeners, scored privately on your device
Nine validated screening tools and a 60-second locator: the same instruments used in clinics and in this practice. Answer honestly, see your score the moment you finish, and send it to Dr. Winner only if you want to.
Solutions Psychiatry is the full practice: therapy and medication care from one clinician. If you want medication management only, that care has its own home at PsychMed Care.
Why these tools are here
A screener is a short, standardized set of questions with a score attached. It does not diagnose anything. What it does is turn a vague sense of "things are not right" into a number you can look at, compare over time, and bring into a first conversation, which is exactly how they are used in this practice: as baselines. The PHQ-8 you take tonight is the same instrument rechecked during care, so progress gets measured against where you actually started rather than where memory says you started.
Privacy is mechanical here, not a promise. The questions run entirely in your browser. Your answers are scored on your device, nothing is stored, and nothing leaves this page unless you finish a screener and choose the send option, which delivers your results into the practice record system over an encrypted connection. Prefer not to send? The score is still yours: read it, copy it, or close the tab.
Not sure which tool fits? Start with the locator. It is five questions about how your days are actually going, and it maps your answers to the three stages of care used here, from stabilizing to rebuilding to optimizing. The clinical screeners below it measure specific symptom patterns. Both kinds feed the same work described on the therapy page: care that is checked against numbers, not just impressions.
Check in with yourself
Free, private screeners. A few minutes to a clearer picture.
These are the same validated tools used across medicine and in my own practice. Your answers are scored right here on your device, never stored, and only shared if you choose to send your results to me at the end.
A screener is not a diagnosis. Only a full evaluation can diagnose, and a low score never means what you're feeling doesn't matter. If you are in crisis, skip the questionnaires: call or text 988, or call 911.
What a score can and cannot do
A score is a snapshot of a window: the PHQ-8 asks about two weeks, the OCI-R about a month. A low score next to real suffering still means something is wrong; the instrument simply may not be the one that sees it, and a low score never disqualifies you from care. A high score is information, not a verdict. It says this pattern is loud right now, and loud patterns deserve a full evaluation, which is the only thing that can actually diagnose.
Inside treatment, the same tools become the follow-up rhythm. The OCI-R is rechecked across OCD care so exposure work can be judged by the inventory as well as by feel; read about the OCI-R and OCD care for how that pairing works. Depression and anxiety scores are tracked alongside medication changes for the same reason. At the practice's medication management door, the identical instruments anchor screeners as measurement-based medication care, so whichever door you enter, your numbers mean the same thing.
One boundary matters more than any score. If you are in crisis, skip the questionnaires entirely: call or text 988, call 911, or use the crisis resources page. Screeners are for reflection. Crisis lines are for right now.
One clinician for the whole conversation.
Start with a 60 minute Comprehensive Initial Appointment. Your insurance is verified before the visit, and you leave with a plan, not vague reassurance.