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    What Mental Health Screening Tools Can and Cannot Tell You

    Learn what mental health screening tools measure, why a score is not a diagnosis, and how to discuss results and next steps carefully.

    Inside this guide

    • What screening tools are designed to show
    • What a screening result cannot establish
    • How to use a result carefully

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