diff --git a/src/app/insights/mental-wellbeing/page.tsx b/src/app/insights/mental-wellbeing/page.tsx
index fb6f1039d..778255ddf 100644
--- a/src/app/insights/mental-wellbeing/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/insights/mental-wellbeing/page.tsx
@@ -1,16 +1,51 @@
 "use client";
 
+import { useEffect } from "react";
+import { useRouter } from "next/navigation";
+import { Loader2 } from "lucide-react";
+
+import { useAuth } from "@/hooks/use-auth";
 import { MentalWellbeing } from "@/components/mental-health/mental-wellbeing";
 
 /**
- * v1.25 — `/insights/mental-wellbeing`.
+ * v1.25.0 — `/insights/mental-wellbeing`.
  *
  * Opt-in PHQ-9 / GAD-7 screener surface, beside mood tracking. The screen owns
  * its own questionnaire + result + crisis-resource flow; it deliberately does
  * NOT mount the shared Coach-launch assessment card (mental-health item content
  * is kept out of the AI Coach by construction).
+ *
+ * Born-gated on the resolved `modules.mentalHealth` flag from `GET /api/auth/me`
+ * (opt-in / default-off — the per-user opt-in AND the operator server-wide
+ * kill-switch). An unauthenticated visitor is bounced to login; an authenticated
+ * account without the module opted in is bounced home (the nav entry is already
+ * hidden for them, so this only catches a direct URL hit). Both assessment
+ * routes also enforce the gate server-side, so this is a UX redirect, not the
+ * security boundary.
  */
 export default function MentalWellbeingPage() {
+  const { user, isLoading, isAuthenticated } = useAuth();
+  const router = useRouter();
+
+  const enabled = user?.modules?.mentalHealth === true;
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (isLoading) return;
+    if (!isAuthenticated) {
+      router.push("/auth/login");
+    } else if (!enabled) {
+      router.push("/");
+    }
+  }, [isLoading, isAuthenticated, enabled, router]);
+
+  if (isLoading || !isAuthenticated || !enabled) {
+    return (
+      <div className="flex h-64 items-center justify-center">
+        <Loader2 className="text-primary h-8 w-8 animate-spin motion-reduce:animate-none" />
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+
   return (
     <div className="p-4 sm:p-6">
       <MentalWellbeing />
diff --git a/src/components/layout/nav-model.ts b/src/components/layout/nav-model.ts
index 01d81ad3a..49e04b45b 100644
--- a/src/components/layout/nav-model.ts
+++ b/src/components/layout/nav-model.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import {
   Activity,
   Bell,
+  Brain,
   Droplets,
   FileScan,
   FlaskConical,
@@ -82,6 +83,19 @@ export const NAV_DESTINATIONS: ReadonlyArray<NavDestination> = [
     tourId: "nav-mood",
     requiresModule: "mood",
   },
+  // v1.25.0 — opt-in mental-health screeners (PHQ-9 / GAD-7), beside mood.
+  // Born-gated: `requiresModule: "mentalHealth"` reads the opt-in (default-off)
+  // key from the resolved module map, so the entry is absent until the account
+  // turns the module on from the Modules hub. The destination is the dedicated
+  // `/insights/mental-wellbeing` check-in surface (its own nav home — the
+  // active-detection helper defers `/insights` to it on that path).
+  {
+    href: "/insights/mental-wellbeing",
+    tKey: "nav.mentalWellbeing",
+    icon: Brain,
+    tourId: "nav-mental-wellbeing",
+    requiresModule: "mentalHealth",
+  },
   {
     href: "/cycle",
     tKey: "nav.cycle",
diff --git a/src/components/settings/modules-section.tsx b/src/components/settings/modules-section.tsx
index 3dfede292..e67da7e3f 100644
--- a/src/components/settings/modules-section.tsx
+++ b/src/components/settings/modules-section.tsx
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import {
   Activity,
   Award,
   Blocks,
+  Brain,
   CalendarHeart,
   Droplet,
   CloudSun,
@@ -80,6 +81,8 @@ const MODULE_ICONS: Record<ModuleKey, LucideIcon> = {
   mcp: Plug,
   // v1.25.0 (W-DOCS-IN) — inbound clinical documents (opt-in).
   inboundDocuments: FileScan,
+  // v1.25.0 — opt-in mental-health screeners (PHQ-9 / GAD-7).
+  mentalHealth: Brain,
 };
 
 export function ModulesSection() {
diff --git a/src/lib/dashboard/__tests__/snapshot.test.ts b/src/lib/dashboard/__tests__/snapshot.test.ts
index 0e4b2baed..0cf95f422 100644
--- a/src/lib/dashboard/__tests__/snapshot.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/dashboard/__tests__/snapshot.test.ts
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ function moduleMap(
     environment: true,
     mcp: true,
     inboundDocuments: true,
+    mentalHealth: true,
   };
   return { ...base, ...overrides };
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/modules/__tests__/gate.test.ts b/src/lib/modules/__tests__/gate.test.ts
index 944386804..730bf8b87 100644
--- a/src/lib/modules/__tests__/gate.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/modules/__tests__/gate.test.ts
@@ -352,12 +352,19 @@ describe("resolveModuleEnabled — mcp module (opt-in, default-OFF)", () => {
 });
 
 describe("registry — opt-in marker", () => {
-  // The opt-in modules ship dark because they open an egress/attack surface:
-  // `mcp` (remote external-assistant endpoint), `environment` (outbound weather
-  // fetch tied to a coarse location), and `inboundDocuments` (sends an uploaded
-  // clinical document to the OCR/vision provider). Every other module is the
-  // default-on disabled-allowlist.
-  const OPT_IN_KEYS = new Set(["mcp", "environment", "inboundDocuments"]);
+  // The opt-in modules ship dark because they open an egress/attack surface or
+  // are highly sensitive: `mcp` (remote external-assistant endpoint),
+  // `environment` (outbound weather fetch tied to a coarse location),
+  // `inboundDocuments` (sends an uploaded clinical document to the OCR/vision
+  // provider), and `mentalHealth` (a depression / anxiety self-assessment — at
+  // least as sensitive as mood, surfaced only on explicit opt-in). Every other
+  // module is the default-on disabled-allowlist.
+  const OPT_IN_KEYS = new Set([
+    "mcp",
+    "environment",
+    "inboundDocuments",
+    "mentalHealth",
+  ]);
 
   it("marks only the egress-surface modules opt-in (every other is default-on)", () => {
     for (const key of MODULE_KEYS) {
diff --git a/src/lib/modules/registry.ts b/src/lib/modules/registry.ts
index 663b32043..0fae157e5 100644
--- a/src/lib/modules/registry.ts
+++ b/src/lib/modules/registry.ts
@@ -136,6 +136,14 @@ export const MODULE_KEYS = [
   // `optIn` marker on its registry entry inverts the per-user default;
   // everything else reuses the existing module machinery unchanged.
   "inboundDocuments",
+  // v1.25.0 — opt-in mental-health screeners (PHQ-9 / GAD-7), beside mood
+  // tracking. OPT-IN (off by default): a depression / anxiety self-assessment
+  // is at least as sensitive as mood, so it ships dark and the user turns it on
+  // deliberately. The `optIn` marker inverts the per-user default; with it off
+  // the `/insights/mental-wellbeing` surface is hidden from nav and the
+  // assessment routes refuse server-side. Item answers are always encrypted and
+  // always excluded from the AI Coach / MCP regardless of this toggle.
+  "mentalHealth",
 ] as const;
 
 export type ModuleKey = (typeof MODULE_KEYS)[number];
@@ -298,6 +306,18 @@ export const MODULE_REGISTRY: Readonly<Record<ModuleKey, ModuleDefinition>> =
       // configured OCR/vision provider, so the user turns it on deliberately.
       optIn: true,
     },
+    mentalHealth: {
+      key: "mentalHealth",
+      labelKey: "modules.mentalHealth.label",
+      descriptionKey: "modules.mentalHealth.description",
+      category: "tracking",
+      // Off by default: a depression / anxiety screener is highly sensitive, so
+      // the surface ships dark and the user opts in deliberately. Turning it on
+      // reveals the `/insights/mental-wellbeing` check-in and lets the screener
+      // total ride the doctor-report export; item answers stay encrypted and
+      // off the AI Coach / MCP regardless.
+      optIn: true,
+    },
   });
 
 const MODULE_KEY_SET: ReadonlySet<string> = new Set(MODULE_KEYS);
diff --git a/tests/integration/doctor-report-sections.test.ts b/tests/integration/doctor-report-sections.test.ts
index 0f2732235..c3999f6ae 100644
--- a/tests/integration/doctor-report-sections.test.ts
+++ b/tests/integration/doctor-report-sections.test.ts
@@ -320,6 +320,7 @@ describe("doctor-report — module enable/disable gating", () => {
     environment: true,
     mcp: true,
     inboundDocuments: true,
+    mentalHealth: true,
   } as const;
 
   it("includes every module's data when all modules are enabled", async () => {