Why your mental health needs an annual checkup, too

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Taylor Locke was filling out an intake questionnaire during a routine visit with a primary care doctor last year when they realized something was ...

Taylor Locke was filling out an intake questionnaire during a routine visit with a primary care doctor last year when they realized something was off.

Little interest or pleasure in doing things? Check. Feeling down, depressed or hopeless? Yes, very much so.

“I’m a lot farther from my baseline than where I want to be,” in terms of mental health, Locke, 24, thought at the time.

So when the doctor asked how things were going, Locke worked up the courage to reply honestly: “Not great.”

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