The delimited scope and purpose of the Wellness Check
The Information contained in, or accessed through, this website
is for your general information and Self-development use only and
is not intended to be used as medical advice and should not be
used to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any medical condition.
The diagnosis and treatment of any mental illness requires a
detailed evaluation by a medical practitioner or qualified mental
health practitioner. People seeking a diagnosis or treatment of
depression, anxiety or other mental health disorders should
consult a medical practitioner or mental health professional.
This website is not designed to diagnose or treat common mental
health disorders. It is merely designed to help people to become
more self-aware about various aspects of their mental well-being
and general levels of psychological distress so that they feel
motivated to and can choose to take appropriate actions to
enhance their well-being or reduce their distress by using
appropriate methods including utilization of appropriate help and
services Although some information on maintaining well-being is
provided and people are likely to find the information on
self-care to be useful; however this is NOT a substitute for
seeking professional consultation and advice. There is no claim
made that the material contained on this website is likely to be
of help for everyone who uses this website.
If you have
a mental health condition or if you are likely to have a
diagnosis of mental health condition, you should seek
professional consultation from a trained mental health
professional or a medical consultant.
If at the time of
registering for program or at any point of time after registering
for this wellness check program, you notice that you are getting
thoughts about harming yourself or harming another person, you
should seek urgent medical advice. If your patterns of responses
suggest that you are experiencing significant distress, you will
be strongly suggested to immediately seek medical help through a
direct/face-to face contact with any trained professional of your
choice. If you so desire, the wellness check team will try its
best to provide you some information regarding the availability
of centers/trained mental health professional in your region , if
such information is available to the team.
We strongly
recommend that you always seek the advice of a medical
practitioner or qualified mental health practitioner for any
questions regarding personal health or medical conditions. We
strongly recommend that you never avoid or delay in obtaining
medical advice from your medical practitioner or qualified mental
health practitioner because of what you may have read on this
website.
If you think you may have a medical emergency,
call a local help-line/reach out to an emergency service.
NIMHANS does not recommend or endorse any specific tests,
providers (including, but not limited to, hospitals and
physicians), products, procedures, or other information that may
be mentioned on the website. Any opinions expressed on the
website are the opinions of the individual authors, not of
NIMHANS.
The few questionnaires available on this
Website are intended solely for the purpose of giving you a rough
/broad idea of a particular issue and are not designed to provide
a diagnosis.
You represent and warrant that you are at
least 18 years of age or older. Persons under age 18 with
depressive symptoms are advised to talk with their
parents/guardians about getting direct help from a qualified
mental health professional/medical professional.
By
accessing and using the website, or any portion of the website,
you agree to be bound by each of the Terms of Use and all
applicable laws and regulations governing the website. If you do
not agree with any of the Terms of Use, you are not authorized to
access or use the website for any purpose. We reserve the right
to modify these Terms of Use at any time. Your use of the website
following any such modification constitutes your agreement to
follow and be bound by the Terms of Use as modified.
Fees, charges and cancellation
There is no fee or charge for you to register with Wellness
Check. However, if you access the Program through the use of a
mobile phone or the Internet, your normal phone/Internet charges
will apply.
There is no minimum contract associated with
the use of Wellness Check. You may choose to stop using the
Program at any time.
License to Use
The information and materials on the website unless
otherwise stated, are copyrighted by the National Institute for
Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), and may be used by
registered users solely for their own personal use. We grant you
a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to
use our content for your own personal, non-commercial use. Except
as otherwise provided, you acknowledge and agree that you have no
right to modify, edit, copy, reproduce, create derivative works
of, reverse engineer, alter, enhance or in any way exploit any of
the content in any manner, except for modifications in filling
out the forms for your authorized use. You shall not remove any
copyright notice from any page/form.
Disclaimer of Warranties
You agree to assume total responsibility and risk for your
use of the website, the service and the content. We make no
express or implied warranties, representations or endorsements
whatsoever with respect to the website, the service or the
content. We expressly disclaim all warranties, including, but not
limited to, implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a
particular purpose, title and non-infringement with regard to the
website, the service, and the content. We do not warrant that the
functions performed by the website or the service will be
uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free, free of viruses or
other malicious code, or that defects in the website/server or
the service will be corrected. We do not warrant the accuracy,
currency, or completeness of the content, or that any errors in
the content will be corrected. We reserve the right to correct
any errors, inaccuracies or omissions and to change or update
information at any time without prior notice. We do not, however,
guarantee that any errors, inaccuracies or omissions will be
corrected. The site, the service and the content are provided on
an 'as is' and 'as available' basis. The foregoing does not
affect any warranties which cannot be excluded or limited under
applicable law.
Disclaimer of liability
You understand and agree that under no circumstances we
will be liable for any damages whatsoever, including, but not
limited to direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or
punitive damages arising out of the use of or inability to use
the website, the service, or the content. If you are dissatisfied
with the website, the service, the content, or the terms of use,
your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using the
website. You acknowledge, by your use of the website, that your
use of the website is at your sole risk. We are not liable to any
user or person for any decision made or action taken in reliance
upon information or content displayed or provided in this
website. It is your responsibility to make your own decisions
about the currency, completeness, accuracy, reliability and
suitability of information, services, programs and communities of
interest contained in (or accessible from) linked websites.
Security, viruses, errors and availability
The internet is an insecure public network which means
there are risks that information sent to or from this website may
be intercepted, corrupted or modified by third parties. In
addition, files obtained from or through this website may contain
computer viruses, disabling codes, worms or other devices or
defects. You bear the risks and responsibility for any loss or
damage caused, directly or indirectly, by these risks and we
accept no liability for any interference with, or damage to, your
computer system, software or data occurring in connection with
this Website.
Use of cookies
The website uses transient or session cookies. Cookies are pieces
of information that a website transfers to your computer's hard
disk when you open the program pages. Cookies by themselves do
not identify you or any user but they do identify your browser.
Because this website uses 'transient' cookies, your computer does
not retain the information delivered in the cookie once you leave
the website. When you log out, the transient cookie set up by the
website is destroyed, and no personal information is retained
which could identify you or your browser next time you log on to
the website. Most web browsers are set up to accept cookies, and
while you can set your browser to not accept cookies you will not
be able to use this website if you do this.
We may also
filter, remove or refuse to post files which interfere with the
technical operations of the program, including files which
threaten to overload or crash a system.
Privacy
This statement sets out the National Institute for Mental Health
and Neuro Sciences policy relating to the collection and use of
your personal information in the Wellness Check program. This
Notice is in addition to the Terms of Use. Your registration as a
Wellness check user constitutes your agreement to terms of the
Privacy Notice and the Terms of Use.
Please note that
this Privacy Notice applies only to the Wellness Check site and
not to any other sites that are linked to the Wellness Check site
or mentioned on the website.
Your personal information is important to us
NIMHANS recognizes that your privacy is very important to
you and that we are under a legal and ethical obligation to
protect the integrity of your personal information. When you
register with Wellness Check you will be asked to enter your
username. We suggest that you use a pseudonym or a made-up
username.
Why the program collects personal information from you
When you enter the Wellness Check Program you will be asked to
complete a number of tests and enter some information, which you
may consider to be sensitive, about yourself. The program asks
for this information in order to provide you with tailored and
specifically relevant feedback. The information is stored in the
Wellness Check database along with information about the date and
time you complete each exercise. Information is also collected in
summary form about most frequently visited pages. This is
intended to help the designers understand how visitors use the
Program. All the information gathered is stored on the NIMHANS
server and is subject to stringent security measures.
The
information you provide may be used for research on understanding
well being variables , their association with demographics as
well as the utility of wellness check and for any publication or
presentation in scientific forums.However all data , when used in
such a manner will be anonymized and your personal identifying
information that you provide during sign- up shall never be
disclosed in any presentation, forum or publication.
We
will not use or disclose any information about you without your
consent unless we are required to do so by law.
We will
never use your personal information to send you unsolicited
information or "spam".
Like most Internet sites, this
website is accessible worldwide. However, not all products or
Services are available to all persons or in all geographic
locations. Wellness Check reserves the right to limit the
provision of its products and Services to any person, geographic
area, or jurisdiction. This website is not intended for use
outside India and its content may not be most appropriate for
those residing outside the country. You agree to comply with all
applicable laws and local rules or restrictions relating to this
website.
Risks and benefits
Wellness Check offers a set of tools which aim to benefit
users in different ways such as:
- Helping them to become self-aware
about various aspects of their mental well being such as
frequency of experience of positive and negative emotions, sense
of mastery and sense of personal growth etc. in addition to
capturing their level of mental distress at a given point of
time.
- Providing general suggestions for
maintaining/enhancing one’s state of well-being.
A user can repeatedly respond to questionnaires and obtain
summaries of his/her scores over time, as compared to other
Indian users of similar age group for whom the normative data are
available.
Wellness Check does not ‘diagnose’ you or ‘treat’ you, or
replace standard assessment, psychological testing or
psychiatric evaluation and treatment provided by a health and/or
mental health professional.
Therefore, there are risks associated with its use,
including;
- The possibility that you may have a
major mental health condition but Wellness Check does not
produce any finding to indicate that you have low well-being.
- The possibility that you miss seeking
professional help when it is actually needed, due to
inappropriately relying on Wellness Check feedback.
- The possibility that your symptoms
persist /worsen while using the Program.
- The possibility that new symptoms or
health conditions develop while using the Program.
- The possibility that the feedback
generated by Wellness Check is not suitable or appropriate
specifically for you at a particular point in time.
External links
Links to external websites on the Program are provided for
easy access to various sources of information for your
convenience only. Such links do not constitute or imply an
endorsement, sponsorship, or recommendation by NIMHANS of the
third party, the third-party website, or the information
contained therein. You acknowledge and agree that the NIMHANS or
Wellness Check Team is not responsible for the availability of
any such site and that it does not endorse or warrant, and is not
responsible or liable for, any such website, its content, its
privacy policy or practices, or the acts or omissions of its
operators. Wellness Check makes no warranty and accepts no
responsibility or liability in relation to any information,
products, services or advice provided by these external links and
any views or recommendations provided in linked websites do not
necessarily represent those of Wellness Check. You acknowledge
that you enter any third party websites at your own risk.
Copyright
NIMHANS and the Wellness Check team respect the
intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that your
work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright
infringement, please provide the following information in writing
to us.
A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized
to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright.
A description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been
infringed.
A description of the material that you claim
to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and
that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and
information sufficient to permit us to locate the material.
Information so that we can contact you, such as address,
telephone number and e-mail address.
A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of
the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the
copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
A statement that the information in the notification is
accurate that you are the copyright owner or are authorized to
act on behalf of the owner of a copyright that is allegedly
infringed.
Upon the receipt of a proper notice of claimed
infringement, we shall respond at the earliest to resolve the
claim between the notifying party and the alleged infringer who
provided the content in issue, including, where applicable,
removing, or disabling access to content claimed to be infringing
or by removing or disabling access to links to such content.
Your obligations
You are solely responsible for any content or material
which you post or upload on the Program, or which is posted by
another person using your user name or password. Wellness Check
excludes all liability (to the extent permitted by law) for any
loss, damage or expenses suffered by you or claims made against
you arising from content or material which you post or upload on
the Program, or which is posted by another person (whether using
your username or password or otherwise).
Use of the website
You agree not to use the website for unlawful purposes, and you
agree to comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations
while using the website.
You agree not to use the
website for any commercial purposes, including any advertisement,
commercial solicitation, or promotion of any specific goods or
services.
You agree not to collect or use any information or other
data available via the website inappropriately.
You may not distribute, modify, copy (except as set forth
in these Terms of Use), transmit, display, reuse, reproduce,
publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer,
translate, sell, reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble, or
otherwise use the website or the Content (as defined herein),
except as specifically authorized in the Terms of Use, without
written permission from NIMHANS.
You agree not to use the website to post or transmit any
threatening, harmful, false, misleading, abusive, harassing,
libelous, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory,
pornographic, or profane material or any material that could
constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered a
criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise
violate any law.
You agree not to use the website to advertise or perform
any commercial solicitation, or otherwise exploiting for any
commercial purposes any portion of, use of or access to the
website.
You agree not to incorporate any code into the code of the
website or to use the website to post or transmit any virus,
worm, Trojan Horse, time bomb, spyware, bot, tracking device,
screen scraping software or other computer code, file or program
that is harmful or invasive or is intended to damage or hijack
the operation of, or to monitor the use or operation of the Site
or any user of the website.
You agree not to use the website in conjunction with any
screen scraping software.
You agree not to restrict or inhibit any other person from use of
the website.
You agree not to interfere with or disrupt
the operation of the website or the servers or networks used to
make the website available, or violate any requirements,
procedures, policies or regulations of such networks.
You agree not to use the website to harvest or collect
personally identifiable information about users of the Site.
You agree not to use the website to disrespect the privacy or
views of others.
You agree not to use the website to
impersonate another person or supply false information about
yourself or another person.
You agree not to post material on the website that
infringes on the copyright or other intellectual property rights
of others, or the privacy, publicity, or other personal rights of
others.
Your Suggestions
We appreciate your feedback or other suggestions about the
website, the Service and the Content, but you understand that we
may use your feedback or other suggestions without any obligation
to compensate you for them. For any queries or suggestions or
complaints, you may contact:
wellbeing.flourish.nimhans@gmail.com
