April 13, 2010 — The Patient Health Questionnaire 2-item depression screen (PHQ-2) has good sensitivity and specificity for the detection of major depression among adolescents, according to the ...

The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 performs comparably to the Patient Health Questionnaire-2 and the 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale in identifying depression among primary care elderly.

The PHQ-9: a new depression diagnostic and severitymeasure. 2002;32:509-515. ... The patient health questionnaire-2:validity of a two-item depression screener. 2003;41:1284-1292.

At that time, the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), a set of nine questions that help clinicians identify signs and symptoms of depression, will transition to the PHQ-2 to 9.

When the PHQ-2 was positive, the PCP assessed depression symptoms with the PHQ-9. Then, for patients who reported thoughts about self-harm, PCPs offered a self-administered variation of the ...

The students were identified through the Patient Health Questionnaire, making up 2.8 per cent of those screened.

With the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) screening tool, you can learn if you're depressed during or after pregnancy, ... The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) ...