Maybe the days have blurred together, and you cannot recall the last time something genuinely lifted you. Maybe your child has stopped lighting up at the things they used to love. Our Depression Evaluations in Madison, WI look closely at what is weighing you down and why, and no referral is needed to begin.
Every Depression Evaluation begins from a shared foundation: a baseline read of cognitive and executive function. From there your psychologist layers in mood and emotional measures chosen for your situation, keeps the same clinician with you the whole way, and screens for the related concerns that so often travel alongside low mood.
In younger children, depression often wears the mask of irritability rather than obvious sadness. Watch for a fading interest in play, shifts in sleeping or eating, unexplained aches, more time spent alone, and schoolwork that starts to slide.
For teens, look for a mood that stays low or short tempered, a quiet retreat from friends and activities they once cared about, and constant tiredness. Sleep and appetite may swing, hopeful talk goes missing, and grades can quietly drop.
In adults it tends to settle in as a lasting flatness: little interest, low energy, and a foggy sort of concentration. Sleep and appetite shift, and many describe simply going through the motions, present in body but far from feeling like themselves.
We start with an hour of real conversation. Your psychologist gathers a full history, from early life through how your mood, energy, and daily routines feel right now. This is also where we begin separating depression from the look alikes, which shapes exactly which assessments come next.
Your clinician builds a battery of mood and psychological measures around your specific picture. In person testing usually runs 2 to 6 hours across one or two days, with take home questionnaires as well, and someone close to you is welcome to complete their own. If signs of anxiety, ADHD, or bipolar patterns surface, those get screened too.
Every piece, test data, observations, and questionnaire results, is drawn together into one detailed diagnostic report. Differential diagnosis sits at its center: your psychologist weighs whether the symptoms point to depression, to something else, or to a combination, and documents any co occurring conditions in full.
Typically two to three weeks later, you come back for a feedback session. Your psychologist walks you through the findings and lays out individualized recommendations, from evidence based therapy options to lifestyle strategies, medication guidance when relevant, and the practical next steps that fit you.
No, never. You can come to Core Spring Diagnostics on your own, for any reason at all, without a referral from anyone.
You meet with one psychologist for a clinical interview, a cognitive and executive baseline, and mood and emotional testing, plus screening for related concerns like anxiety, trauma, and bipolar patterns.
A screening only raises a flag. A full evaluation clarifies what is truly going on, rules out the conditions that mimic depression, and hands you recommendations specific enough to act on.
Yes. We see children, teens, and adults, and the process is shaped to fit each age and stage.
A report written in plain language and a feedback session where we talk through the findings and map out individualized next steps toward support.
Call our Madison office at (608) 396 4830 and we will find a time that works and answer any questions before your first visit.
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