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Mental Maintenance: Examining the Value of Routine Mental Health Checkups

1Psychology Program, Dillard University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America


American Journal of Applied Psychology. 2025, Vol. 13 No. 1, 10-16
DOI: 10.12691/ajap-13-1-2
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Cite this paper:
Sean I. Gibbs, Jayna Parker, Bailey Auzenne. Mental Maintenance: Examining the Value of Routine Mental Health Checkups. American Journal of Applied Psychology. 2025; 13(1):10-16. doi: 10.12691/ajap-13-1-2.

Correspondence to: Bailey  Auzenne, Psychology Program, Dillard University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America. Email: sigibbs@dillard.edu

Abstract

Regular preventive medical and dental checkups are part of a healthy lifestyle. However, mental health has not been viewed in the same way. Integrating mental health checkups into the universal routine of a healthy lifestyle will require a fundamental restructuring of how we view wellbeing. This study aims to explore the benefits of regular mental health checkups and “provide real-world solutions” to include this service as part of a healthy lifestyle routine. A literature review was conducted to explore the potential health outcomes, the complications of changing cultural perspectives, cost, and societal effects associated with mental health checkups. Recommended guidelines for offering such a service, billing instructions, training, education, and promotion strategies are provided. Future research implications of additional peer-reviewed trial studies on their patient outcomes are suggested.

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