Do depression tests need to be very expensive? Don’t be cheated by some unscrupulous businessmen!
Some hospitals need to do somatic disease examination and film, such as brain CT (to exclude brain quality lesions), so the cost will be higher, about 500-1000 yuan (depending on your region).
Of course, if we want to go to a psychiatric specialist to check depression, in addition to some routine tests, we can do a psychological scale, which is not expensive and usually costs only a few hundred dollars.
In today’s society, people from all walks of life and of all ages have their own pressures. The pressure of study, the pressure of work, the pressure to get along with family and partners, all invariably bring us some negative emotions. Over time, we will have psychological problems, and the most serious consequence, is depression.
Many people are worried about whether they will get depression because they have been in negative emotions such as pessimism and anxiety for a long time, so they want to go for a checkup. But because they don’t know the formal process of depression screening, and because there are so many unscrupulous businesses in the market, they can easily be “led astray”. Once someone blindly does such tests and examinations for depression, it is very likely that he or she will face the following results.
A. Spending a lot of money to get tested at private medical institutions
Going to non-compliant private medical institutions for tests is cumbersome and expensive, but in the end, it is not as reliable as hospitals. If the test result shows depression, how to treat it later? What about the cost of treatment? Is it curable? Won’t the feeling of “unknown” given by private medical institutions make people more anxious?
In addition, if the test results show that everything is normal, then the person being examined will not feel that they have spent a lot of money, but the results “did not check out anything”, feeling that they “have been pitched”?
Second, blindly believe in some free depression tests online
In the Internet era, many tests that need to be done online can now be done online. For example, there are some free personality tests that people can answer in the form of questionnaires to determine whether they have a depressive personality. However, these methods not only lack theoretical support, not enough scientific basis, but also cause people to feel anxious.
I thought I was getting a “bargain”, but I was actually adding to my worries. In addition, if a person is really depressed, using such a small test may also delay the disease?
Therefore, if you blindly choose a private institution or try a free test without knowing the formal process and price of screening for depression, you are likely to get more anxious and delay the best time for treatment, resulting in unpredictable and serious consequences.
Reference.
[1] Cao Shenglian. Depression [J]. Chinese Journal of Pain Medicine.2017(10):790