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Assessing Depression in Primary Care with the PHQ-9: Can It Be Carried Out over the Telephone?

Background: Telephone assessment of depression for research purposes is increasingly being used. The Patient Health Questionnaire 9-item depression module (PHQ-9) is a well-validated, brief, ...
Mad in America

Why a Popular Depression Questionnaire May Be Getting It Wrong

A new brief report published in JAMA Psychiatry finds that the instructions for the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ), a ...
TechSpot

Google search now offers medical questionnaire to check levels of depression

Following the high-profile suicides of musicians Chris Cornell and Chester Bennington, more people are openly discussing the dangers of depression and why the symptoms shouldn't be ignored. To try and ...
Psychology Today

9 Questions to Ask When Screening for Depression

Have you experienced any depressive symptoms over the past two weeks? Do you think you could be suffering from clinical depression? If so, you might want to consider filling out a brief Patient Health ...
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Expert Shares What Makes Childhood Depression Difficult To Assess, and Ideal Aftermath

Childhood depression often hides behind behaviour; understanding the signs and the right aftermath can change a child’s future Read ahead to know that and more ...
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Assessing Depression in Primary Care with the PHQ-9: Can It Be Carried Out over the Telephone?

Participants were selected by two PC physicians (PCP) and assessed twice (within a 7-day period) by a clinical psychologist among persons seeking medical assistance (n = 289) or working at two PCC in ...