Mental Health Assessment:
What Our 20 Tests Reveal

23 clinical-grade tests across 4 psychological layers. From surface symptoms to hidden patterns, we map your complete mental landscape.

Our completely anonymous assessment ensures your privacy. After completion, you can optionally connect with a therapist who receives your complete profile. View pricing options.

20
Clinical Tests
4
Psychological Layers
15+
Pattern Insights
30
Minutes

The 4-Layer Framework

Unlike traditional assessments that only scratch the surface, we dive deep into every aspect of your psychological profile.

1

Layer 1: Symptoms & Current State

What you're experiencing right now

11 tests measuring current symptoms across the full mental health spectrum—from depression and anxiety to trauma and sleep issues.

2

Layer 2: Core Foundation

Who you are at your core

4 tests revealing your personality structure, core beliefs, and neurodevelopmental patterns that shape how you think and relate to others.

3

Layer 3: Processes & Habits

How you operate daily

5 tests mapping the patterns that keep you stuck—or help you thrive. Understanding your emotional regulation and thought processes.

4

Layer 4: Growth & Meaning

Where you're headed

2 tests measuring meaning, purpose, and overall well-being. Your existing strengths and specific areas for targeted growth.

20
Clinical Tests
4
Psychological Layers
15+
Pattern Insights
30
Minutes

Layer 1: The Symptom Check

11 tests measuring current symptoms across the full mental health spectrum

Layer 1 Tests:
11 total

PHQ-9 (Depression Severity)

9 questions measuring depression severity and specific symptom patterns

8 measures4 insights4 patterns
What It Measures Directly:
  • Severity of depressive symptoms (minimal to severe)
  • Anhedonia (loss of interest or pleasure)
  • Sleep disturbances and energy levels
  • Appetite changes and weight fluctuations
  • Feelings of worthlessness or excessive guilt
  • Concentration difficulties and decision-making
  • Psychomotor changes (agitation or slowing)
  • Thoughts of self-harm or suicide
What It Reveals Indirectly:
  • Somatic vs. cognitive depression patterns
  • Risk for depression that may not respond to initial approaches
  • Seasonal affective patterns
  • Vegetative symptoms severity
When Combined With Other Tests:
  • PHQ-9 + PROMIS Sleep + CBI → Distinguishes burnout-driven depression from biological depression
  • PHQ-9 + GAD-7 → Identifies anxious depression subtype requiring integrated treatment
  • PHQ-9 + DOCS → Reveals obsessive depression patterns
  • PHQ-9 + Big Five Neuroticism → Shows trait vs. state depression

GAD-7 (Generalized Anxiety)

7 questions assessing anxiety severity and cognitive worry patterns

6 measures4 insights4 patterns
What It Measures Directly:
  • Anxiety severity across generalized worry
  • Frequency and controllability of anxious thoughts
  • Restlessness and feeling on edge
  • Difficulty relaxing and unwinding
  • Irritability and tension
  • Fear of something awful happening
What It Reveals Indirectly:
  • Cognitive vs. somatic anxiety patterns
  • Worry as maladaptive coping mechanism
  • Anxiety's impact on daily functioning
  • Potential panic disorder screening
When Combined With Other Tests:
  • GAD-7 + PTQ → Identifies worry-rumination loops perpetuating anxiety
  • GAD-7 + Big Five Neuroticism + ERQ-S → Maps trait anxiety with poor emotion regulation
  • GAD-7 + PCL-5 → Distinguishes trauma-driven anxiety from generalized anxiety disorder
  • GAD-7 + DOCS → Reveals perfectionistic anxiety patterns and need for control

PCL-5 (Post-Traumatic Stress)

20 questions evaluating PTSD symptoms across four clinical clusters

4 measures4 insights4 patterns
What It Measures Directly:
  • Intrusion: Flashbacks, nightmares, distressing memories, physiological reactivity
  • Avoidance: Avoiding trauma reminders (places, people, thoughts, conversations)
  • Negative cognition/mood: Negative beliefs about self/world, persistent negative emotions, detachment from others
  • Hyperarousal: Hypervigilance, exaggerated startle response, irritability, sleep disturbance, concentration problems
What It Reveals Indirectly:
  • Severity and complexity of trauma impact
  • Specific trauma cluster predominance
  • Chronic vs. acute trauma patterns
  • Impact on relationships, trust, and attachment
When Combined With Other Tests:
  • PCL-5 + DSS-B + RQ → Identifies complex PTSD with dissociation and attachment disruption
  • PCL-5 + ASRS + GAD-7 → Distinguishes trauma-driven inattention from ADHD-consistent pattern
  • PCL-5 + PROMIS Sleep → Maps trauma's effect on sleep architecture (nightmares vs. hypervigilance)
  • PCL-5 (arousal) + GAD-7 + ASRS → Reveals chronic nervous system dysregulation

MDQ (Bipolar Spectrum)

13 questions screening for manic/hypomanic episodes

8 measures4 insights3 patterns
What It Measures Directly:
  • History of elevated or irritable mood
  • Decreased need for sleep (feeling rested on little sleep)
  • Increased talkativeness or pressure to keep talking
  • Racing thoughts or flight of ideas
  • Increased distractibility
  • Increased goal-directed activity or agitation
  • Excessive involvement in risky activities
  • Functional impairment during episodes
What It Reveals Indirectly:
  • Bipolar spectrum vs. unipolar depression differentiation
  • Energy dysregulation patterns
  • Risk for misdiagnosis as ADHD or anxiety
  • Cyclical mood pattern recognition
When Combined With Other Tests:
  • MDQ + PROMIS Sleep → Decreased sleep need (mania) vs. insomnia (depression/anxiety)
  • MDQ + ASRS → Distinguishes bipolar from ADHD (episodic vs. chronic patterns)
  • MDQ + PHQ-9 → Identifies bipolar depression requiring different treatment approach

DOCS (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder)

20 questions measuring OCD symptoms across four dimensions

4 measures4 insights4 patterns
What It Measures Directly:
  • Contamination: Fear of germs/illness, washing/cleaning compulsions
  • Responsibility for harm: Checking behaviors, fear of causing harm to self/others
  • Unacceptable thoughts: Intrusive sexual, religious, or violent thoughts
  • Symmetry/ordering: Need for things to be 'just right,' arranging, counting, repeating
What It Reveals Indirectly:
  • Specific OCD symptom dimension predominance
  • Time consumed by obsessions and compulsions
  • Functional impairment from OCD
  • Thought-action fusion (believing thoughts equal actions)
When Combined With Other Tests:
  • DOCS + Big Five Conscientiousness → Differentiates perfectionism from true OCD
  • DOCS + GAD-7 + PTQ → Identifies obsessive worry patterns
  • DOCS + PHQ-9 → Depression with OCD features requiring integrated treatment
  • DOCS + PBQ-SF (OC beliefs) → Personality-driven vs. disorder-driven patterns

DSS-B (Dissociation Scale)

8 questions measuring dissociative experiences

6 measures4 insights4 patterns
What It Measures Directly:
  • Derealization (feeling the world is unreal or dreamlike)
  • Depersonalization (feeling detached from yourself or your body)
  • Memory gaps or amnesia for events
  • Identity confusion or feeling like different people
  • Emotional numbing or detachment from feelings
  • Out-of-body experiences
What It Reveals Indirectly:
  • Severity of dissociation as defense mechanism
  • Trauma's impact on sense of self and reality
  • Risk for dissociative disorders
  • Detachment vs. compartmentalization patterns
When Combined With Other Tests:
  • DSS-B + PCL-5 → Identifies dissociative subtype PTSD (more severe trauma)
  • DSS-B + PHQ-9 (anhedonia) + ERQ-S (suppression) → Emotional blunting pattern
  • DSS-B + RQ (fearful-avoidant) → Attachment-driven dissociation
  • DSS-B + WERCAP → Distinguishes dissociation from psychotic symptoms

WERCAP (Psychosis Risk Screen)

16 questions screening for psychotic symptoms

5 measures4 insights4 patterns
What It Measures Directly:
  • Unusual perceptual experiences (visual/auditory hallucinations)
  • Unusual thought content (delusions, paranoid ideation)
  • Grandiose ideas or beliefs
  • Disorganized thinking or communication
  • Suspiciousness and mistrust
What It Reveals Indirectly:
  • Risk for psychotic spectrum disorders
  • Reality testing capacity
  • Thought disorder severity
  • Need for psychiatric evaluation
When Combined With Other Tests:
  • WERCAP + DSS-B + PCL-5 → Trauma-induced hallucinations vs. primary psychosis
  • WERCAP + TAPS → Substance-induced psychotic symptoms
  • WERCAP + PROMIS Sleep → Sleep deprivation-induced perceptual disturbances
  • WERCAP + MDQ → Manic psychosis vs. schizophrenia spectrum

EDE-QS (Eating Disorder Examination)

12 questions assessing eating disorder symptoms

6 measures4 insights4 patterns
What It Measures Directly:
  • Dietary restraint and restrictive eating patterns
  • Eating concerns and preoccupation with food
  • Shape and weight concerns
  • Body image distortion and dissatisfaction
  • Binge eating behaviors
  • Compensatory behaviors (purging, excessive exercise, laxatives)
What It Reveals Indirectly:
  • Specific eating disorder subtype (restrictive vs. binge-purge)
  • Severity of body image disturbance
  • Control vs. emotion regulation function of behaviors
  • Impact on physical health
When Combined With Other Tests:
  • EDE-QS + Big Five Conscientiousness + DOCS → Control/perfectionism-driven restriction
  • EDE-QS + PHQ-9 + ERQ-S → Emotion dysregulation-driven binge-purge patterns
  • EDE-QS + PCL-5 → Trauma-related eating pathology
  • EDE-QS + Big Five Neuroticism → Anxiety-driven eating behaviors

TAPS (Substance Use Screening)

4 questions screening for substance use and consequences

4 measures4 insights4 patterns
What It Measures Directly:
  • Tobacco use frequency and impact
  • Alcohol use frequency and consequences
  • Prescription drug misuse patterns
  • Illicit drug use and impairment
What It Reveals Indirectly:
  • Patterns of use (recreational vs. dependence)
  • Impact on daily functioning and relationships
  • Risk for substance use disorder
  • Motivation for use (coping-through-substance vs. recreation)
When Combined With Other Tests:
  • TAPS + PHQ-9 + GAD-7 → Coping-through-substance pattern (using to cope with psychiatric symptoms)
  • TAPS + Big Five (low Conscientiousness, high Extraversion) → Impulsive/sensation-seeking use
  • TAPS + CBI → Stress-driven substance use for burnout coping
  • TAPS + WERCAP → Substance-induced psychotic symptoms

PROMIS Sleep Disturbance 8a

8 questions measuring sleep quality and disturbance

6 measures4 insights6 patterns
What It Measures Directly:
  • Sleep quality and overall satisfaction with sleep
  • Difficulty falling asleep (sleep onset latency)
  • Difficulty staying asleep (sleep maintenance)
  • Early morning awakening
  • Daytime sleepiness and fatigue
  • Impact of poor sleep on daily functioning
What It Reveals Indirectly:
  • Specific insomnia pattern (onset vs. maintenance vs. early awakening)
  • Sleep as symptom vs. sleep as cause of other issues
  • Circadian rhythm disruptions
  • Sleep architecture quality
When Combined With Other Tests:
  • PROMIS + GAD-7 → Anxiety-driven sleep onset issues (racing thoughts at bedtime)
  • PROMIS + PHQ-9 → Depression-driven early morning awakening or hypersomnia
  • PROMIS + PCL-5 → Trauma-driven nightmares and hypervigilance preventing sleep
  • PROMIS + MDQ → Decreased need for sleep (mania) vs. insomnia
  • PROMIS + ASRS → ADHD-related delayed sleep phase and irregular patterns
  • Sleep as diagnostic hub: Different disorders create different sleep patterns

CBI (Copenhagen Burnout Inventory)

7 questions measuring burnout across multiple domains

5 measures4 insights4 patterns
What It Measures Directly:
  • Physical exhaustion and fatigue
  • Emotional exhaustion and depletion
  • Cognitive weariness ('can't think anymore')
  • Work-related burnout and occupational stress
  • Personal burnout beyond work context
What It Reveals Indirectly:
  • Occupational stress severity
  • Compassion fatigue (especially for caregivers)
  • Values misalignment with work/life
  • Need for boundary-setting
When Combined With Other Tests:
  • CBI + PHQ-9 + MLQ → Burnout-primary vs. depression-primary (different treatments needed)
  • CBI + Big Five Conscientiousness → Overwork/perfectionism-driven burnout
  • CBI + ERQ-S + PTQ → Cognitive overload from poor boundaries and overthinking
  • CBI + MLQ (low presence) → Meaning crisis from work-life misalignment

Layer 2: The Core Foundation

4 tests revealing your personality structure, core beliefs, and neurodevelopmental patterns

IPIP-NEO (Big Five Personality)

50 questions comprehensively assessing the five major personality dimensions

5 measures5 insights5 patterns
What It Measures Directly:
  • Openness to Experience: Imagination, artistic interests, emotional awareness, adventurousness, intellect, liberalism
  • Conscientiousness: Self-efficacy, orderliness, dutifulness, achievement-striving, self-discipline, cautiousness
  • Extraversion: Friendliness, gregariousness, assertiveness, activity level, excitement-seeking, positive emotions
  • Agreeableness: Trust, morality, altruism, cooperation, modesty, sympathy
  • Neuroticism: Anxiety proneness, anger/hostility, depression proneness, self-consciousness, immoderation, vulnerability to stress
What It Reveals Indirectly:
  • Your natural strengths and vulnerabilities
  • How you'll respond to different therapy approaches
  • Relationship patterns and communication style
  • Career fit and work environment preferences
  • Coping style tendencies and stress response
When Combined With Other Tests:
  • Neuroticism as transdiagnostic factor: High neuroticism predicts elevated scores on depression, anxiety, PTSD, OCD, and rumination across all Layer 1 tests
  • Conscientiousness paradox: High C + High N + High DOCS → Perfectionistic distress syndrome requiring different approach than low conscientiousness
  • Low Extraversion + High UCLA Loneliness + Secure attachment → Social skill deficit (wants connection but lacks drive) vs. social anxiety
  • High Openness + High PTQ + ASRS → Cognitive overload from racing creative ideas vs. ADHD-consistent pattern
  • High Openness + MLQ (high search, low presence) → Philosophical exploration (healthy) vs. existential crisis (pathological)

PBQ-SF (Personality Belief Questionnaire)

65 questions measuring maladaptive core beliefs across personality dimensions

7 measures4 insights3 patterns
What It Measures Directly:
  • Avoidant beliefs: 'I'm inadequate,' 'People will reject me,' 'I can't handle criticism'
  • Dependent beliefs: 'I'm helpless,' 'I need others to survive,' 'I can't make decisions alone'
  • Obsessive-compulsive beliefs: 'I must be perfect,' 'There's only one right way,' 'Mistakes are catastrophic'
  • Histrionic beliefs: 'I need attention,' 'Emotions should guide decisions,' 'Being ordinary is intolerable'
  • Narcissistic beliefs: 'I'm special,' 'Rules don't apply to me,' 'Others should admire me'
  • Paranoid beliefs: 'People will hurt me,' 'I can't trust anyone,' 'Others have hidden motives'
  • Borderline beliefs: 'I'm bad/defective,' 'People will abandon me,' 'I can't tolerate being alone,' 'My emotions are uncontrollable'
What It Reveals Indirectly:
  • Core schemas driving behavior and perception
  • Personality disorder risk or features
  • Interpersonal patterns and expectations
  • Self-beliefs that maintain psychiatric symptoms
When Combined With Other Tests:
  • Borderline features: PBQ-SF (borderline) + Big Five (high N, low A) + RQ (fearful-avoidant) + ERQ-S (high suppression) → Emotional dysregulation + fear of abandonment constellation
  • Avoidant features: PBQ-SF (avoidant) + Big Five (high N, low E) + RQ (dismissive) + GAD-7 → Social anxiety driven by core inadequacy beliefs
  • Obsessive-compulsive features: PBQ-SF (OC) + Big Five (high C) + DOCS → Personality-driven perfectionism vs. true OCD disorder

ASRS-v1.1 (Adult ADHD)

6 questions screening for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in adults

2 measures4 insights7 patterns
What It Measures Directly:
  • Inattention symptoms: Difficulty concentrating, trouble finishing tasks, organizational problems, forgetfulness, difficulty listening when spoken to directly
  • Hyperactivity/Impulsivity symptoms: Fidgeting and restlessness, difficulty sitting still, feeling driven by a motor
What It Reveals Indirectly:
  • Executive function deficits (planning, organization, time management)
  • Impact on work performance and relationships
  • Lifelong patterns vs. recent onset (diagnostic criterion)
  • Compensation strategies and masking behaviors
When Combined With Other Tests:
  • ADHD pattern differentiation cluster: ASRS + GAD-7 + PCL-5 + PHQ-9 + Big Five + PROMIS Sleep reveals:
  • ADHD-Consistent Pattern: High ASRS + Low GAD-7 + Low PCL-5 + Low Neuroticism + Lifelong pattern → Consider ADHD-specific support
  • Anxiety-driven inattention: High ASRS + High GAD-7 + High PTQ (rumination) → Worry blocks focus, treat anxiety first
  • Trauma-driven inattention: High ASRS + High PCL-5 + High dissociation → Hypervigilance disrupts attention, trauma treatment needed
  • Depression-linked attention pattern: High ASRS + High PHQ-9 (concentration item) + Recent onset → Address depression first, re-assess attention
  • Sleep-deprived inattention: High ASRS + High PROMIS Sleep + Otherwise normal → Sleep intervention may resolve 'ADHD' symptoms
  • ASRS + MDQ → Distinguishes ADHD (chronic, lifelong) from bipolar (episodic mood-driven) attention issues

Layer 3: Processes & Habits

5 tests mapping the daily patterns that keep you stuck—or help you thrive

ERQ-S (Emotion Regulation Strategies)

6 questions assessing how you manage and cope with emotions

2 measures4 insights4 patterns
What It Measures Directly:
  • Cognitive Reappraisal (adaptive): Reframing situations to change emotional impact, changing perspective to feel differently, controlling emotions by changing thinking
  • Expressive Suppression (maladaptive): Hiding emotional expressions, keeping emotions to yourself, inhibiting emotional display
What It Reveals Indirectly:
  • Adaptive vs. maladaptive coping patterns
  • Emotional awareness and intelligence
  • Relationship communication effectiveness
  • Risk for alexithymia (difficulty identifying emotions)
When Combined With Other Tests:
  • Emotional Regulation Profiles: The Suppressor (high suppression + low reappraisal + high N + low E + elevated depression → emotional numbing risk)
  • The Ruminator (high PTQ + low reappraisal + high N + high C → chronic worry, decision paralysis)
  • The Adaptive Regulator (high reappraisal + low suppression + moderate N + high O → resilient coping, good prognosis)
  • ERQ-S (suppression) + DSS-B + PHQ-9 (anhedonia) + RQ (avoidant) → Chronic emotional shutdown pattern requiring trauma-informed approach

PTQ (Perseverative Thinking Questionnaire)

15 questions measuring repetitive negative thinking patterns

3 measures4 insights4 patterns
What It Measures Directly:
  • Core characteristics: Repetitive, intrusive, difficult to disengage from thoughts
  • Unproductiveness: Thinking doesn't lead to solutions or progress
  • Mental capacity captured: Thinking dominates attention and interferes with other activities
What It Reveals Indirectly:
  • Rumination severity and frequency
  • Worry as transdiagnostic maintaining factor
  • Cognitive inflexibility and rigidity
  • Mental exhaustion from constant overthinking
When Combined With Other Tests:
  • PTQ + GAD-7 → Worry-rumination loop perpetuating anxiety disorder
  • PTQ + PHQ-9 → Depressive rumination patterns (why questions vs. what if questions)
  • PTQ + ASRS + Big Five Openness → Cognitive overload from racing creative ideas vs. ADHD-consistent pattern
  • PTQ + CBI + ERQ-S → Poor boundaries + overthinking + poor regulation = burnout pathway

UCLA Loneliness Scale

10 questions measuring subjective sense of loneliness and isolation

5 measures4 insights4 patterns
What It Measures Directly:
  • Subjective sense of loneliness and disconnection
  • Lack of companionship and social contact
  • Feeling left out or isolated from others
  • Lack of people to turn to for support
  • Feeling alone even when around others
What It Reveals Indirectly:
  • Social loneliness (lack of social network) vs. emotional loneliness (lack of intimacy)
  • Quality vs. quantity of relationships
  • Social connection as protective factor for mental health
  • Isolation as symptom vs. isolation as cause
When Combined With Other Tests:
  • Loneliness Drivers: Social skill deficit (high loneliness + secure attachment + low E + low depression → wants connection but lacks social drive)
  • Depression-driven (high loneliness + high PHQ-9 anhedonia + any attachment → isolation from withdrawal)
  • Attachment-driven (high loneliness + fearful-avoidant + high anxiety → fear of intimacy creates isolation)
  • Rejection sensitivity (high loneliness + anxious attachment + high N + low A → fears rejection → pushes people away → confirms fear)

RQ (Relationship Questionnaire - Attachment)

4 questions measuring adult attachment style patterns

3 measures4 insights4 patterns
What It Measures Directly:
  • Attachment Anxiety dimension: Fear of abandonment, need for reassurance, worry about partner's availability
  • Attachment Avoidance dimension: Discomfort with intimacy and closeness, preference for self-reliance
  • Four attachment styles: Secure (low anxiety, low avoidance), Preoccupied (high anxiety, low avoidance), Dismissive-Avoidant (low anxiety, high avoidance), Fearful-Avoidant (high anxiety, high avoidance)
What It Reveals Indirectly:
  • Relationship patterns and expectations in close relationships
  • Trust capacity and intimacy tolerance
  • Early attachment experiences indicator (developmental trauma)
  • Therapeutic relationship predictions and transference patterns
When Combined With Other Tests:
  • RQ + PCL-5 + DSS-B → Complex PTSD with attachment disruption from developmental trauma
  • RQ (fearful-avoidant) + PBQ-SF (borderline) + Big Five (high N, low A) → Borderline personality features constellation
  • RQ (dismissive) + ERQ-S (suppression) + Low E + PHQ-9 → Emotional shutdown and isolation pattern
  • RQ (anxious) + Big Five (high N, low A) + PHQ-9 + UCLA → Rejection sensitivity → isolation → depression cycle

Layer 4: Growth & Meaning

2 tests measuring meaning, purpose, and overall well-being

MLQ (Meaning in Life Questionnaire)

10 questions measuring two dimensions of existential well-being

3 measures4 insights4 patterns
What It Measures Directly:
  • Presence of Meaning: Experiencing life as meaningful, purposeful, and coherent right now
  • Search for Meaning: Actively seeking meaning and purpose in life
  • Four meaning profiles: Satisfied (high presence + low search), Growth-oriented (high presence + high search), Stagnant (low presence + low search), Seeking (low presence + high search)
What It Reveals Indirectly:
  • Existential well-being and life satisfaction
  • Purpose clarity and direction in life
  • Values alignment with daily activities
  • Life satisfaction drivers beyond material success
When Combined With Other Tests:
  • Meaning Crisis Patterns: Existential search (high search + low presence + low PHQ-9 + high O → philosophical exploration, not pathological)
  • Meaning void/depression (low search + low presence + high PHQ-9 → anhedonia/hopelessness blocking meaning-making)
  • Burnout crisis (high search + low presence + high CBI + moderate depression → work-life values misalignment)
  • MLQ + CBI + PHQ-9 + Big Five C → Differentiates burnout from depression and identifies achievement trap (working toward wrong goals)

ONS-4 (Well-being Scale)

4 questions measuring subjective well-being across multiple domains

4 measures4 insights3 patterns
What It Measures Directly:
  • Life satisfaction: Overall evaluation of life quality (evaluative well-being)
  • Worthwhileness: Sense that life activities are worthwhile and meaningful (eudemonic well-being)
  • Happiness yesterday: Positive affect and mood (affective well-being)
  • Anxiety yesterday: Negative affect and distress (affective well-being)
What It Reveals Indirectly:
  • Three types of well-being: evaluative (life satisfaction), eudemonic (purpose), affective (emotions)
  • Current emotional state vs. general life evaluation
  • Disconnects between life satisfaction and daily emotional experience
  • Overall functioning despite psychiatric symptoms
When Combined With Other Tests:
  • ONS + PHQ-9 + GAD-7 → Overall functioning and quality of life despite symptom severity
  • ONS + MLQ → Life satisfaction vs. meaning (can have one without the other)
  • ONS (low worthwhileness) + CBI + MLQ (low presence) → Existential burnout requiring values work, not just rest

Beyond Individual Tests:
Pattern Discovery

Advanced cross-layer analysis reveals hidden connections that traditional assessments miss

Depression Phenotypes

Different depression subtypes require fundamentally different treatments

PHQ-9
+
Sleep
+
Burnout
Depression Subtype
PHQ-9
PROMIS Sleep
CBI
+2 more
Pattern Insight
Why This Matters:

Somatic depression (biological) responds to medication and sleep hygiene, while burnout depression needs rest and boundary-setting. Anxious depression requires integrated anxiety treatment. Obsessive depression may need OCD-specific approaches. Treating the wrong depression subtype delays recovery.

Anxiety Architecture

Understanding anxiety's root changes the entire treatment approach

GAD-7
PCL-5
DOCS
+3 more
Pattern Insight
Why This Matters:

Trait anxiety (high neuroticism) needs long-term emotion regulation skills. Trauma-driven anxiety requires trauma processing, not just anxiety management. Perfectionistic anxiety stems from control needs. Rumination anxiety needs cognitive defusion, not just relaxation. Each requires different interventions.

ADHD vs. Look-Alikes (Critical Differential)

Misdiagnosis leads to wrong medication and worsening symptoms

ASRS
GAD-7
PCL-5
+3 more
Pattern Insight
Why This Matters:

Stimulants may help ADHD-consistent patterns but can worsen anxiety-driven inattention. Trauma-related patterns may need processing, not stimulants. Depression-linked attention patterns may resolve when depression is addressed. Sleep deprivation mimics ADHD but needs sleep intervention. Getting this wrong can be counterproductive—this pattern differentiation helps prevent a mismatch.

Burnout vs. Depression (The Critical Distinction)

Two conditions that look similar but require opposite interventions

CBI
PHQ-9
MLQ
+1 more
Pattern Insight
Why This Matters:

Burnout needs rest, boundaries, and values realignment. Depression needs activation and clinical treatment. Burnout-driven depression resolves with work changes; depression-driven burnout needs psychiatric care first. Confusing them delays recovery by months.

Trauma Impact Patterns

Simple PTSD vs. Complex PTSD requires different treatment approaches and timelines

PCL-5
DSS-B
RQ
+2 more
Pattern Insight
Why This Matters:

Simple PTSD (single trauma, no dissociation) has good prognosis with standard exposure therapy. Complex PTSD (developmental trauma, dissociation, attachment disruption) needs phase-based treatment over years. Dissociative subtype requires stabilization before trauma processing. Treatment length and approach depend on pattern.

Emotional Regulation Profiles

Three distinct patterns of how people manage emotions, each needing different skills

ERQ-S
PTQ
Big Five
+3 more
Pattern Insight
Why This Matters:

The Suppressor (hiding emotions) needs emotional awareness training. The Ruminator (overthinking) needs cognitive defusion and acceptance. The Adaptive Regulator already has skills. Teaching suppression skills to a ruminator or rumination skills to a suppressor makes things worse.

Loneliness Drivers

Four different reasons for isolation requiring four different solutions

UCLA Loneliness
RQ
Big Five Extraversion
+1 more
Pattern Insight
Why This Matters:

Social skill deficit needs social skills training. Depression-driven isolation needs depression treatment first. Attachment-driven loneliness needs attachment therapy. Rejection sensitivity needs schema work. Generic 'join a club' advice fails when the root cause isn't addressed.

Personality Disorder Risk Patterns

Identifying personality features that shape all treatment approaches

PBQ-SF
Big Five
RQ
+2 more
Pattern Insight
Why This Matters:

Borderline features (emotion dysregulation, abandonment fears) need DBT skills. Avoidant features need gradual exposure and schema therapy. Obsessive-compulsive features need flexibility work. Recognizing these patterns prevents treatment rupture and therapist burnout.

Substance Use Patterns

Coping-through-substance vs. impulsive use requires completely different interventions

TAPS
PHQ-9
GAD-7
+2 more
Pattern Insight
Why This Matters:

Coping-through-substance pattern (using to cope with depression/anxiety) needs psychiatric support first—sobriety without addressing underlying symptoms fails. Impulsive use (sensation-seeking) needs harm reduction and impulse control. Stress-driven use needs burnout intervention. Wrong approach increases relapse risk.

Sleep as Detection Hub

Sleep patterns differentiate between disorders when symptoms overlap

PROMIS Sleep
PHQ-9
GAD-7
+3 more
Pattern Insight
Why This Matters:

Depression causes early morning awakening. Anxiety causes sleep onset insomnia (can't shut off mind). PTSD causes nightmares and hypervigilance. Mania causes decreased need for sleep. ADHD causes delayed sleep phase. Same complaint (poor sleep), different root causes, different treatments. Sleep pattern helps differentiate when multiple conditions are possible.

The Conscientiousness Paradox

When your greatest strength becomes your greatest vulnerability

Big Five Conscientiousness
Neuroticism
DOCS
+2 more
Pattern Insight
Why This Matters:

High conscientiousness predicts success—unless paired with high neuroticism and perfectionism, creating perfectionistic distress syndrome. These individuals burn out from self-imposed standards. Treatment isn't 'work harder' or 'care less'—it's learning flexible conscientiousness. Recognizing this prevents misguided interventions.

Chronic Hyperarousal Cluster

Nervous system dysregulation affecting attention, sleep, and baseline anxiety simultaneously

PCL-5 (arousal)
GAD-7
PROMIS Sleep
+1 more
Pattern Insight
Why This Matters:

When trauma hyperarousal is chronic, it disrupts sleep, creates constant anxiety, and impairs attention—mimicking three separate disorders. Treating 'ADHD' with stimulants worsens anxiety and sleep. Address nervous system regulation first (vagal tone, somatic work) before diagnosing separate conditions. This pattern prevents harmful over-medication.

Cognitive Overload Profile

Mental hyperactivity from multiple sources creating attention problems

PTQ
ASRS
GAD-7
+1 more
Pattern Insight
Why This Matters:

High openness + rumination + worry + creative ideas = mental traffic jam. Looks like ADHD but stimulants worsen the overload. Needs mindfulness, cognitive defusion, and creative outlets—not more mental activation. This pattern identifies when 'inattention' is actually attention overwhelm.

Emotional Blunting Pattern

Chronic emotional shutdown as defense against overwhelm

PHQ-9 (anhedonia)
DSS-B
ERQ-S (suppression)
+1 more
Pattern Insight
Why This Matters:

High anhedonia + depersonalization + emotion suppression + dismissive attachment = years of emotional shutdown. Not just depression—trauma defense mechanism. Antidepressants alone often fail. Needs trauma-informed gentle re-activation, somatic work, and safe relationship building. Without recognizing this pattern, treatment can re-traumatize.

The Achievement Trap

Succeeding at goals that don't align with your values

Big Five (High C + Low E)
CBI
MLQ (low presence)
+1 more
Pattern Insight
Why This Matters:

Highly conscientious introverts achieve external success but feel empty and burned out. Not lazy or unmotivated—working hard at wrong goals. Needs values clarification, not productivity hacks. Career counseling, not more self-discipline. This pattern prevents years of grinding toward someone else's definition of success.

Rejection Sensitivity Constellation

Fear of rejection becomes self-fulfilling prophecy through interpersonal patterns

RQ (anxious)
Big Five (low A + high N)
PHQ-9
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Pattern Insight
Why This Matters:

Anxious attachment + suspiciousness + neuroticism = constantly scanning for rejection, finding it everywhere, pushing people away defensively, confirming belief that 'everyone leaves.' Creates isolation and depression. Needs attachment therapy and schema work on rejection beliefs, not just social skills training.

Traditional Assessment vs. Rilev

See exactly what makes our $49.99 assessment worth the investment

FeatureTraditional AssessmentRilev Assessment
Number of tests3-5 tests20 tests
Cross-test patterns❌ None✅ 15+ insights
Personality analysis❌ Rarely included✅ Big Five + Core beliefs
Pattern differentiation⚠️ Single disorder focus✅ ADHD vs. anxiety vs. trauma
Time to resultsDays to weeksInstant
Clinical sophisticationBasic symptom checklistPattern recognition AI
Cost$0-$200$49.99

"The pattern insights were mind-blowing. My therapist said this was the most comprehensive assessment she'd ever seen in 15 years of practice."

— Sarah K., Licensed Therapist

Verified clinical professional

From Data to Discovery:
Your Unique Profile

All these tests and patterns combine to create your integrated psychological formulation. This comprehensive profile helps therapists provide targeted, evidence-based treatment.

Your Assessment Report Includes:

1. Primary Clinical Concerns (Layer 1)

What symptoms you're experiencing right now and their severity

2. Root Causes & Personality Context (Layer 2)

Why these patterns exist based on your personality, core beliefs, and neurodevelopment

3. Maintaining Factors (Layer 3)

What keeps problems going: emotion regulation, rumination, loneliness, attachment patterns

4. Growth Opportunities (Layer 4)

Your existing strengths and meaning-making potential

5. Integrated Formulation

A narrative explaining your unique pattern, why you're stuck, and your personalized path forward

Example Formulation:

"You have Anxious-Perfectionistic Depression with Burnout Features. Your high conscientiousness and achievement drive (personality) combined with maladaptive beliefs about needing to be perfect (core schemas) have led you to overwork to the point of exhaustion (burnout). The lack of meaning in your work (values misalignment) has triggered depressive symptoms, which you've tried to manage through rumination and emotional suppression (maladaptive coping). Your fearful-avoidant attachment style makes it hard to reach out for support, deepening your isolation and loneliness.

Your path forward: Address burnout through boundary-setting and values work, develop emotion regulation skills (cognitive reappraisal), challenge perfectionistic beliefs in therapy, and gradually build secure attachments. Your high conscientiousness is a strength—we'll redirect it toward meaningful goals aligned with your values."

The Difference Between
Guessing and Knowing

Traditional Approach

→ Therapist asks "What brings you in?"

→ You describe recent struggles

→ Therapist makes best guess at diagnosis

→ Treatment is trial-and-error

→ Months wasted if diagnosis is wrong

Rilev's Approach

→ Comprehensive assessment maps your complete landscape

→ Reveals patterns you couldn't see on your own

→ Identifies specific treatment targets

→ Therapist starts with your complete map, not a guess

→ Faster progress with targeted interventions

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