Everyday wellbeing
Stress, burnout, sleep, loneliness and emotional regulation can be explored with non-diagnostic self-checks and practical context.
Mental health
Mental health information, self-checks and support without online diagnosis
Use this section to understand a concern, choose an appropriate self-check or screener, and see when professional or urgent support makes more sense than another online result.
Choose the right level
Not every mental-health question needs the same kind of page
DesperateMinds separates everyday wellbeing, clinical screening, education and professional care so a simple self-check does not silently become a diagnosis.
Clinical screening
A validated screener can flag symptoms worth discussing, but it still cannot provide a diagnosis or explain every possible cause.
Topic education
Condition and symptom guides should explain the question, important alternatives, limitations and when professional evaluation matters.
Professional and urgent help
Some questions are better answered by primary care, therapy, psychology, psychiatry, formal assessment or urgent support.
Safe starting point
Use the Wellbeing hub for non-clinical self-checks
Start with wellbeing when the main question is stress, burnout, sleep habits, emotional regulation, loneliness, resilience or daily functioning rather than a specific diagnosis.
Non-diagnosticFree self-checksNo account requiredContext first
Learn and explore
Move from a broad concern to the right next question
Use the narrowest route that matches what you are trying to understand, and keep clinical pages separate from general wellbeing.
Wellbeing
Wellbeing
Browse stress, burnout, sleep, resilience, emotional regulation, loneliness and other everyday self-checks.
Explore wellbeing →StressStress
Understand broad psychological pressure, overload, tension and recovery without confusing it with medical cardiac stress testing.
Explore stress →BurnoutBurnout
Explore exhaustion, detachment, role strain and recovery gaps without treating burnout as a medical diagnosis.
Explore burnout →SleepSleep
Review sleep habits, recovery patterns and when persistent sleep concerns deserve a wider look.
Explore sleep →ScreeningMental Health Screeners
Understand what screening can and cannot tell you, and why some products remain held until governance is complete.
Understand screening →CareFind the Right Help
Compare care types, urgency, format, formal assessment and payment routes before choosing a provider.
Explore help →Use this hub well
Match the tool to the decision you actually need to make
A low-friction online result is useful only when its limits are clear. The more important the decision, the more context, professional judgment and appropriate evidence matter.
- Use wellbeing checks for reflection, not diagnosis.
- Treat clinical screeners as one input rather than a final answer.
- Use urgent support when safety is the immediate issue instead of waiting for an online assessment.
Clinical topics in review
Condition hubs under explicit clinical governance
These clinical topic hubs are intentionally noindex until qualified clinical review, evidence review, safety governance and product-specific requirements are complete. Their connected screeners or concern checks are only presented within the limits stated on each page.
Clinical review
Anxiety
Understand anxiety symptoms, how screening differs from diagnosis, what a GAD-7 result can and cannot show, and when professional help may fit.
Open topic hub →Clinical reviewDepression
Learn common depression symptoms, what PHQ-9 screening can and cannot show, how diagnosis works, and when urgent or professional support may be appropriate.
Open topic hub →Clinical reviewAdult ADHD
Understand adult ADHD symptoms, what an ASRS screen can and cannot show, why childhood history matters, and what a formal adult ADHD assessment may involve.
Open topic hub →Clinical reviewPTSD & Trauma
Learn about trauma-related symptoms, what PC-PTSD-5 screening can and cannot show, why a positive screen needs fuller assessment, and where to seek support.
Open topic hub →Clinical reviewPostpartum Depression
Understand postpartum depression signs, how it differs from the baby blues, what screening can and cannot show, and when urgent postpartum help is needed.
Open topic hub →Clinical reviewOCD
Understand OCD obsessions and compulsions, what an online concern check can and cannot show, how OCD is evaluated, and where ERP-focused help may fit.
Open topic hub →Clinical reviewSocial Anxiety
Understand social anxiety symptoms, avoidance and fear of judgment, how a concern check differs from diagnosis, and when CBT or professional evaluation may fit.
Open topic hub →Clinical reviewEating Disorders
Understand eating-disorder warning signs, why online concern checks cannot diagnose, what professional evaluation may involve, and when medical or urgent help is needed.
Open topic hub →Clinical reviewSubstance Use
Understand substance-use risk, how TAPS screening works, what screening cannot diagnose, and how to find professional or treatment support when use is causing harm.
Open topic hub →Clinical reviewGambling
Understand problem-gambling signs, how the PGSI screening pathway is framed, what screening cannot diagnose, and where treatment or support may fit.
Open topic hub →Clinical reviewBipolar Disorder
Understand bipolar disorder, mania and hypomania, why an online concern check cannot diagnose bipolar disorder, and when professional or urgent evaluation may fit.
Open topic hub →Clinical reviewPsychosis & Schizophrenia
Understand psychosis signs, first-episode evaluation, why PQ-B is only a first-stage screen, and when unusual experiences require urgent or specialist help.
Open topic hub →Clinical reviewChildren & Youth
Understand child and teen mental-health warning signs, the limits of parent and youth screeners, safeguarding considerations, and when professional help may fit.
Open topic hub →Clinical reviewBorderline Personality Disorder
Understand BPD symptoms, why diagnosis needs broader clinical evaluation, how DBT may fit, and when urgent or professional help is appropriate.
Open topic hub →Clinical reviewMemory Concerns
Understand normal forgetfulness versus concerning cognitive change, why online tasks cannot diagnose dementia, and when medical or neuropsychological evaluation may fit.
Open topic hub →Next step
When the question is what kind of support to use
Use Find Help to compare therapy, psychiatry, primary care, formal assessment, online versus in-person care, insurance versus self-pay and urgency.