Mon Valley Hospital offers mental health screenings
Monongahela Valley Hospital is offering free in-person and online mental health screenings for a range of common emotional situations that often go undiagnosed and misunderstood. If you haven’t been feeling like yourself lately, a screening can help you figure out what is wrong.
Confidential screenings for depression, bipolar disorder, generalized anxiety disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder will be held at the hospital’s Anthony M. Lombardi Education Conference Center from 6 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday.
MVH also offers free, year-round online screening for depression and related disorders at monvalleyhospital.com.
As part of the in-person screening event, Scott D. Gleditsch, M.D., board certified psychiatrist and medical director of the Behavioral Unit at MVH, will speak on the various types of disorders and how to seek help.
Attendees will have the opportunity to complete a written self-assessment and talk one-on-one with a mental health professional.
Those who appear to need further evaluation will be given referrals to local treatment services.
Questions you might be asked include:
-Have you lost pleasure in things you used to enjoy?
-Do you have trouble sleeping or eating?
-Does your mood fluctuate between overly “high” to sad and hopeless?
-Are you keyed up and anxious all the time?
-Are you having nightmares about something that happened in the past?
-Do you suffer from unexplained aches and pains?
“We are so pleased to again offer this important screening to the community. Many people who may not be able to attend a screening event in person due to work, school or family commitments can use the online screening tool.
The online program offers people the opportunity to take a screening from the comfort of their own home at any time throughout the year,” says John Bogdan, RN, Nurse Manager, Monongahela Valley Hospital Behavioral Health.
NDSD Mental Health Screening, held in October as part of Mental Illness Awareness Week, is a program of the nonprofit organization Screening for Mental Health Inc. Last year, more than 200,000 people attended nationally.