First, persons with high scores on the screen could be advised to obtain further individual physical and mental health “check ups” that would include tests specific to each of the mental or physical disorders associated with neuroticism (e.g., tests for cognitive and emotional vulnerability to suicide or tests for high cholesterol). Individuals found to be at risk for any specific adverse outcome using those tests, could then be provided with interventions tailored to their needs (e.g., cognitive-behavior therapy and antidepressants to reduce risk of suicide or statins to reduce cholesterol). If much higher proportions of screen positives than screen negatives were found to be at high risk for one or more of the specific adverse outcomes, such a strategy might prove to be an effective method of identifying at-risk persons. That would only be the case, however, if substantial numbers of persons were found to be at risk for a condition that had not been identified in other ways, such as during routine medical visits. For example, it is possible that few persons would be discovered by screening on neuroticism
