What screenings are used for depression?

EXAMPLES OF STANDARDIZED DEPRESSION SCREENING TOOLS Patient Health Questionnaire Modified for Adolescents (PHQ-A), Beck Depression Inventory for Primary Care (BDI-PC), Mood Feeling Questionnaire (MFQ), Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CESD), and PRIME MD-PHQ2.

Can the PHQ-9 be used with teens?

Have you ever, in your whole life, tried to kill yourself or made a suicide attempt? No No Yes FOR OFFICE USE ONLY Score. The Patient Health Questionnaire Modified for Teens (PHQ-Modified) can be used with patients between the ages of 12 and 18.

At what age should children be screened for depression?

The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry recommends: Routine screening for depression in children/adolescents age 8 and older across health care settings, including primary care as well as mental health care setting.

What does screening for depression mean?

A typical depression screening will ask you to think about how you’ve been feeling over the past two weeks. The PHQ-9 will ask you to assess how often you’ve experienced the following: Little interest or pleasure in doing things. Feeling down, depressed, or hopeless.

Is depression screening required?

The USPSTF recommends screening adults for depression when staff-assisted depression care supports are in place to assure accurate diagnosis, effective treatment and follow-up.

What is GAD teen?

Children and young people with GAD will have recurrent worries about lots of things. These worries will often be accompanied by a sense of restlessness or feeling on edge all the time. Your child might also become very tired, very sensitive and just not be ‘right’.

What is phq2 screening?

The Patient Health Questionnaire 2-item (PHQ-2) is a brief screening tool for major depression. The PHQ-2 consists of the first two questions of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), which target core symptoms of depression (depressed mood and anhedonia).

What is annual depression screening?

The annual depression screening includes a questionnaire that you complete yourself or with the help of your doctor. This questionnaire is designed to indicate if you are at risk or have symptoms of depression.