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Your responses have been analyzed and compared to the responses of other individuals with and without mood and anxiety disorders. What you will find below is as assessment of your risk for Depression, an Anxiety Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Read over your results carefully. Where it is appropriate, the M-3 recommends that you pursue a further discussion of your results with a physician or mental health provider. Mood and anxiety disorders can affect not only your general sense of well being but your physical health as well, increasing the risk or severity of heart disease, stroke, diabetes, chronic pain and other chronic ailments.
DiagnosisRiskDescription Depression
Significant
12
Your responses on the depression scale indicate that you have a greater than 80% likelihood that you are suffering from a major depression or a related condition. We strongly urge you to share your M-3 depression results with your physician and pursue a discussion of possible treatments.
Anxiety
Highly significant
20
Your responses on the anxiety scale indicate that there is a nearly 90% likelihood that you are suffering from an anxiety disorder or a related condition. We strongly urge you to share your M-3 anxiety results with your physician and discuss possible treatments.
PTSD
Significant
4
A majority of individuals suffering from post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) respond to the PTSD scale as you did. Yet, because PTSD is less common than other mood and anxiety disorders, the likelihood that you are suffering from PTSD is about 1 chance in 4. (Naturally, if you are aware of having experienced a traumatic event or events, this fact increases the likelihood of a PTSD diagnosis.) Yet, your responses indicate that you have a nearly 90% chance of suffering from a related condition. We strongly urge you to share your M-3 results with your physician and discuss possible treatments.
Bipolar
Significant
6
The likelihood that you are suffering from a bipolar disorder is a 1 in 3 chance. On the other hand, your responses indicate that you have a greater than 70% chance of suffering from a related condition. We strongly urge you to share your M-3 bipolar results with your physician and pursue a discussion about possible treatments.
Your responses to the M-3 suggest that you may be suffering from more than one condition. This is not unusual as mood and anxiety disorders often overlap or coexist and increase illness burden. Therefore, it is important for you to share these results with your primary care physician. A precise diagnosis often requires an evaluation by a professional.
Your response to question #5, which asks about thoughts of suicide, raises a red flag. It is very important, first of all, to point out that having such a thought does not automatically place you at risk for actual suicide. On the other hand, individuals who report suicidal thinking on closer examination are usually found to have a mood or anxiety disorder. This is true even for those who feel that due to life circumstances they have legitimate reasons for having such thoughts. Given this fact, it is crucial that you present your M-3 results to your physician and to begin a discussion of this very issue. If your thoughts of suicide have recently begun, are occurring more often, or are increasing in intensity you must reach out for help from a health professional. Please take one of the following steps immediately: 1) contact a suicide hotline in your community; 2) get in touch your physician as soon as possible; or 3) take yourself to the local emergency room.
Other Observations
Your responses indicated that you have occasionally resorted to alcohol and non-prescribed drugs to manage some of the symptoms you were asked about on the M-3 checklist. It is important to understand that using alcohol or drugs in this way does not automatically define you as an addict. However, self-medication for such symptoms, even when this appears to be effective, is bound to make such symptoms worse over the long-term. We strongly urge you to share you M-3 responses with your physician and to begin an honest discussion about your alcohol and drug use patterns. It is virtually certain that a more appropriate and more effective means for managing your symptoms can be found, and that such management will lead to long-lasting improvements in your quality of life.
DiagnosisRiskDescription Depression
Significant
12
Your responses on the depression scale indicate that you have a greater than 80% likelihood that you are suffering from a major depression or a related condition. We strongly urge you to share your M-3 depression results with your physician and pursue a discussion of possible treatments.
Anxiety
Highly significant
20
Your responses on the anxiety scale indicate that there is a nearly 90% likelihood that you are suffering from an anxiety disorder or a related condition. We strongly urge you to share your M-3 anxiety results with your physician and discuss possible treatments.
PTSD
Significant
4
A majority of individuals suffering from post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) respond to the PTSD scale as you did. Yet, because PTSD is less common than other mood and anxiety disorders, the likelihood that you are suffering from PTSD is about 1 chance in 4. (Naturally, if you are aware of having experienced a traumatic event or events, this fact increases the likelihood of a PTSD diagnosis.) Yet, your responses indicate that you have a nearly 90% chance of suffering from a related condition. We strongly urge you to share your M-3 results with your physician and discuss possible treatments.
Bipolar
Significant
6
The likelihood that you are suffering from a bipolar disorder is a 1 in 3 chance. On the other hand, your responses indicate that you have a greater than 70% chance of suffering from a related condition. We strongly urge you to share your M-3 bipolar results with your physician and pursue a discussion about possible treatments.
Your responses to the M-3 suggest that you may be suffering from more than one condition. This is not unusual as mood and anxiety disorders often overlap or coexist and increase illness burden. Therefore, it is important for you to share these results with your primary care physician. A precise diagnosis often requires an evaluation by a professional.
Your response to question #5, which asks about thoughts of suicide, raises a red flag. It is very important, first of all, to point out that having such a thought does not automatically place you at risk for actual suicide. On the other hand, individuals who report suicidal thinking on closer examination are usually found to have a mood or anxiety disorder. This is true even for those who feel that due to life circumstances they have legitimate reasons for having such thoughts. Given this fact, it is crucial that you present your M-3 results to your physician and to begin a discussion of this very issue. If your thoughts of suicide have recently begun, are occurring more often, or are increasing in intensity you must reach out for help from a health professional. Please take one of the following steps immediately: 1) contact a suicide hotline in your community; 2) get in touch your physician as soon as possible; or 3) take yourself to the local emergency room.
Other Observations
Your responses indicated that you have occasionally resorted to alcohol and non-prescribed drugs to manage some of the symptoms you were asked about on the M-3 checklist. It is important to understand that using alcohol or drugs in this way does not automatically define you as an addict. However, self-medication for such symptoms, even when this appears to be effective, is bound to make such symptoms worse over the long-term. We strongly urge you to share you M-3 responses with your physician and to begin an honest discussion about your alcohol and drug use patterns. It is virtually certain that a more appropriate and more effective means for managing your symptoms can be found, and that such management will lead to long-lasting improvements in your quality of life.