Millions of people globally suffer from mental disorders and debilitating conditions. At best it can be difficult for people to live their lives normally and happily, and at worst it leads to death by suicide. Home-care providers are overwhelmingly finding that they are faced with the need to assess and monitor mental health conditions such as depression without any particular training on how to handle such cases.

There is evidence that an integrated approach where healthcare providers regularly screen patients for mental health disorders and work together with psychologists and other mental health professionals to treat patients leads to reduced costs and better patient outcomes. However, this approach can require a lot of buy-in from many individuals, require extra training, and is often not logistically feasible for at-home care providers.

Mentaligence has used data from the CDC National Health and Examination Survey to develop an intelligent mental wellness assessment mobile application that can monitor and assess patients’ mental status based on information that could typically be found in a medical file. These measurements would provide a unique mental wellness score that could be used for between visits constant mental health monitoring, providing customized services according to the client’s mental status and finally to put clients in touch with experienced mental health professionals sooner and easier.