fix(features): remove SaMD-adjacent claims + clinical framing#40
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The /features page made detection / auto-trigger / clinical claims
that compliance + crisis agents both flagged as inconsistent with
Being's consumer-wellness positioning per regulatory-applicability.md
§FDA. Apple/TestFlight reviewers may visit the live site; "Auto-detects
severe depression (PHQ-9 ≥20)" + "Crisis support triggered
automatically" is exactly the language FDA uses to define a Software
as a Medical Device.
Rewrites (19 + 2 follow-ups from agent re-review):
# Removed: SaMD-adjacent detection / trigger claims
- "Auto-detects severe depression (PHQ-9 ≥20)" →
"Flags elevated scores (PHQ-9 ≥20) and surfaces crisis resources"
- "Auto-detects severe anxiety (GAD-7 ≥15)" → same for GAD-7
- "Crisis support triggered automatically" / "Integrated with crisis
protocols" → "Always one tap from 988 and Crisis Text Line"
- "Auto-triggered on PHQ-9 ≥20 or GAD-7 ≥15" (Crisis Support section) →
"Surfaced immediately when self-assessment scores are elevated"
# Shifted: clinical register → consumer wellness register
- Section title: "Mental Health Self-Monitoring" → "Mood & Wellbeing Tracking"
- "Standardized self-assessments" / "mental health patterns" →
"Research-based reflection tools" / "mood and wellbeing patterns"
- Card headers: "PHQ-9 (Depression)" → "PHQ-9 Mood Self-Assessment"
(same pattern for GAD-7)
- "monitoring depression symptoms" → "tracking mood patterns over time"
- "monitor anxiety symptoms" → "tracking anxious thought and feeling patterns"
- Privacy: "mental health data" → "wellbeing data" (consistency)
- "Military-grade encryption" → "AES-256 encryption" (drop empty-marketing
phrase, keep concrete claim)
- Hero: "modern mental health science" → "modern wellbeing research"
- CTA: "evidence-based self-monitoring tools" → "research-based
self-reflection tools"
# Safety additions
- Crisis Text Line added: previously the 988 callout said "One tap to
connect" implying only the call mode. Now: "Call 988 or text HOME to
741741" — both modes named explicitly.
- 988 callout restyled from solid bg-info (bright blue + white text) to
bg-crisis-bg + crisis-text + crisis-border tokens (muted, on-brand,
consistent with the design system's crisis token family — matches
what the audit recommended for cross-site unification of 988
treatment).
- Section title "24/7 Crisis Support" → "24/7 Crisis Resource Access"
(Being surfaces links to 24/7 resources; doesn't itself provide
support — precision per crisis-agent re-review).
- PHQ-9 description: dropped "scores remain comparable to those you
might see from a healthcare provider" — both agents flagged this as
a new SaMD-adjacent claim on the rewrite. Now: "self-reported scores
stay consistent, letting you track your own patterns."
# Out of scope (raise with app team)
- Verify the app actually surfaces crisis resources at PHQ-9 ≥20 /
GAD-7 ≥15 (else FTC §5 issue).
- Handle PHQ-9 item 9 ≥1 independently of total score (real product
safety design concern: total-only thresholds miss self-harm
ideation at lower totals).
- Verify "Crisis button always visible in app" + "Less than 3 seconds
from any screen to 988" are literally true.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary
Compliance + crisis agents both flagged the /features page (currently live on being.fyi) for SaMD-adjacent language: `Auto-detects severe depression`, `Crisis support triggered automatically`, `Auto-triggered on PHQ-9 ≥20 or GAD-7 ≥15`. That's the textbook FDA definition of medical-device software ("identifies a clinical condition and takes action"), and it directly contradicts Being's wellness-app positioning per `regulatory-applicability.md` §FDA. Site went live yesterday; Apple/TestFlight reviewers may visit.
This PR rewrites the page to consumer-wellness register.
What's hot
Removed (SaMD vector):
Shifted (clinical → consumer wellness register):
Safety additions:
Removed from rewrite by agent re-review:
What this PR does NOT change
Out of scope — needs app-team raise
The website now says what should be true. App-team needs to verify:
Verification
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