The PHQ-9 (Patient Health Questionnaire-9) objectifies and assesses degree of depression severity via questionnaire.

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Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) Share The PHQ-9 is a multipurpose instrument for screening, diagnosing, monitoring and measuring the severity of depression.

We investigated responsiveness to treatment, reproducibility, and minimal clinically important difference of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), a standard instrument for diagnosing depression in …

Over the last 2 weeks, how often have you been bothered by any of the following problems? Please circle your answers.

DEPRESSION SCREEN (Patient Health Questionnaire 2 and 9) The PHQ 9 is a validated questionnaire that reviews the 9 key symptoms of depression based on the DSM diagnostic criteria for major …

Oct 4, 2005 · Patient completes PHQ-9 Quick Depression Assessment. If there are at least 4 3s in the shaded section (including Questions #1 and #2), consider a depressive disorder. Add score to …

PHQ-9 scores can be used to plan and monitor treatment. To score the instrument, tally the numbers of all the checked responses under each heading (not at all=0, several days=1, more than half the …

To use the PHQ-9 to screen for all types of depression or other mental illness: • All positive answers (positive is defined by a “2” or “3” in questions 1-8 and by a “1”, “2”, or “3” in question 9) should be …

Jan 17, 2024 · USING THE PHQ-9 TO ASSESS PATIENT RESPONSE TO TREATMENT The goal of acute phase treatment is remission of symptoms as indicated by a PHQ-9 Score of < 5 points. …