When Did Symptoms Become the Measure of Mental Health? | The Gaslit Truth Podcast with Dr Teralyn Sell and Therapist Jenn Schmitz
Episode S3 · Ep 140 39 min 50s

When Did Symptoms Become the Measure of Mental Health? | The Gaslit Truth Podcast with Dr Teralyn Sell and Therapist Jenn Schmitz

Send us Fan Mail A four-question screener can follow your kid for years. A “better” PHQ-9 score can convince you treatment worked even while your relationships, energy, and daily life quietly fall apart. We get into why that gap matters, and why the mental health system keeps treating a pencil-and-paper symptom count like the full truth about a human being. We talk through how depression and anxiety screeners are actually used in primary care, pediatrics, OB visits, and even entire school di...

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