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 ...

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

Q: Why is the PHQ-2 TO 9 important in nursing homes? A:The Patient Health Questionnaire-9, or PHQ-2 to 9, is a widely used screening tool for depression, and in the context of nursing homes and PDPM ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The PHQ-9 was more effective than suicidal ideation screening in identifying patients who would attempt suicide ...

A bedrock of the U.S. mental health system — a nine-item questionnaire used to spot depression — began not with a doctor, but with a marketing man. Howard Kroplick, now 73 years old and living on Long ...

Male, non-White patients who do not prefer to speak English and are not privately insured are less likely to be screened for depression. Men, non-English speakers, and patients who belong to racial ...

A change coming to a key depression screening tool in the Minimum Data Set could affect how skilled nursing facilities assess residents for mood disorders and how they are reimbursed for related care.

Implementing the Patient Health Questionnaire-2 (PHQ-2) in a hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) clinic improved the ability of dermatologists to detect patients at risk for depression, results from a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The AI-based tool correctly identified depression in around 71% of patients. It also correctly ruled out ...