Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (depression screening & severity)
Instructions
Over the last 2 weeks, how often have you been bothered by any of the following problems?
Alert threshold: 10
Score ≥10: clinical interview + psychiatric assessment. Item 9 positive: URGENT SUICIDE RISK ASSESSMENT.
Source and citation
Kroenke K, Spitzer RL, Williams JB. The PHQ-9: validity of a brief depression severity measure. J Gen Intern Med 2001;16(9):606-13. Validacion espanola: Diez-Quevedo C et al. Psychosom Med 2001 · 2001
Validated version (en-GB): Kroenke K, Spitzer RL, Williams JBW. The PHQ-9: validity of a brief depression severity measure. J Gen Intern Med 2001;16(9):606-13.
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