Maybe the color has drained out of things you used to look forward to, or your child has stopped lighting up the way they once did. A Depression Evaluation in Glendale, WI gives you real answers about what is driving the heaviness, not just a label. No referral is needed to begin.
Each Depression Evaluation opens with a baseline of cognitive and executive function, then layers in mood and emotional measures chosen for your situation. One licensed psychologist carries the entire process, from the first conversation to the final recommendations, and screens along the way for related concerns so nothing important gets missed.
In younger children, depression often looks more like irritability than obvious sadness. Watch for a child who has lost interest in play, whose sleep or appetite has shifted, who complains of stomachaches or headaches, or whose schoolwork has quietly slipped.
A teen who is struggling may pull back from friends and the activities they loved, run low on energy, and sleep or eat far more or less than before. Irritability, a sense of hopelessness, and grades sliding downward are common signals worth taking seriously.
For adults, it can be a low mood that will not lift, a fading of interest in most things, and a fatigue that sleep does not fix. Concentration frays, appetite changes, and daily life starts to feel like going through the motions on autopilot.
Your evaluation starts with an in depth clinical interview, roughly an hour, where your psychologist builds a full history from early experiences up through your current mood, energy, and day to day functioning. This conversation is where depression begins to be separated from conditions that can look similar, and it shapes which assessments will give the clearest answers.
From there, your psychologist assembles a battery of mood and psychological measures matched to your situation. In person testing typically runs 2 to 6 hours across one to two days, and you go home with self report questionnaires; someone close to you may complete one too. If signs of anxiety, ADHD, or bipolar disorder surface, those areas are screened as well.
Every piece of data, clinical observation, and questionnaire result is drawn together into a detailed report. Differential diagnosis sits at the center of it: your psychologist weighs whether the symptoms are best explained by depression, by something else, or by a combination, and documents any co occurring conditions in full.
walks you through the diagnosis in plain language and lays out individualized recommendations, including evidence based therapy options, lifestyle strategies, medication guidance where relevant, and clear next steps built around your needs.
No. A referral is never required to be seen at Core Spring Diagnostics. You can contact us directly, for any reason, and start the process on your own.
It combines a clinical interview, a cognitive and executive function baseline, mood and emotional measures, and screening for related concerns like anxiety, trauma, and bipolar patterns, all handled by one psychologist.
A screening can only raise a flag. A full evaluation clarifies what is genuinely going on, rules out the conditions that resemble depression, and hands you individualized recommendations you can act on.
Yes. We evaluate children, teens, and adults, and the process is adjusted to fit each stage rather than applied the same way to everyone.
A plain language report and a feedback session where your psychologist explains the findings and gives you individualized recommendations and a clear path toward support.
Call us at (414) 387-2100 and we will help you find a time. There is no referral to chase down first, so you can book directly.
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