An analysis published in Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics indicates the value of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 for screening depression. Screening for major depression with the Patient Health ...

Primary-care clinicians know teen depression is common, but they've lacked a reliable screening test for it. Now researchers at the University of Washington (UW), Seattle Children's, and Group ...

Doctors know teen depression is common but have lacked a reliable screening test. Now University of Washington, Seattle Children's, and Group Health researchers report the PHQ-9 (Patient Health ...

November 22, 2022 Doctors often miss depression symptoms for certain groups, but a routine screening policy could reduce the gap These disparities are driven by poor communication, cultural ...

It's sponsored by Screening for Mental Health, Inc. and the free in-person services will continue at some facilities through October, so check the list of participating groups online, says ...

Depression screening for children and adolescents is controversial Depression in children is a disabling condition associated with behavioral problems and poor school performance.

The US Preventive Services Task Force recommends screening all primary care patients for depression. Have these recommendations improved screening rates? Yes, but not nearly enough.

New US Preventive Services Task Force recommendations call for depression screening at the primary care level for all adults, adding pregnancy and the postpartum period.

Mental Health America provides an online depression screening in English and in Spanish that is easy to take in the privacy of your own home.

Medical assistant Kimberly Mendoza gives the VitalSign6 depression screening test as part of a routine physical to patients at a public clinic in Dallas. She took the test herself and is now being ...

If you do the screening, you must be aware of the implications of screening and the effectiveness of treatment. The evidence for treatment of teenage depression is weak for both behavioral therapy ...

Doctors know teen depression is common but have lacked a reliable screening test. Now report the PHQ-9 (Patient Health Questionnaire - 9 item) screens well for major depression in adolescents.