What is the most effective method for screening for depression in a nursing facility setting? Evidence-Based Answer: The Geriatric Depression Scale 30-item (GDS-30) or 15-item (GDS-15) questionnaire, the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-2), and the Depression Rating Scale (DRS) may assist ...
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(PHQs).The PHQ-9 has nine questions about your mood and everyday activities, such as your appetite and watching TV, to help your doctor come to a depression diagnosis. The PHQ-2 asks the first two questions of the PHQ-9. It’s not a diagnostic test, but a screening test, which ...
The mental health of students has become one of the top concerns in higher education. The number of students reporting distress and seeking services has dramatically increased, and colleges and universities are struggling to address these challenges. A r
This chapter discusses interoceptive sensibility, i.e., the self-reported dimension of interoception. Perceived sensibility to interoceptive cues is determined by the sensibility of internal signals and attentiveness to them; both aspects show considerab
and at postpartum visits. Screening questionnaires ask patients about symptoms of depression and self-harm thoughts or actions. A score of 10 or more on the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) or Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) is considered a positive screening result for perinatal ...
The diagnostic accuracy of the Patient Health Questionnaire-2 (PHQ-2), Patient Health Questionnaire-8 (PHQ-8), and Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) f... Major depressive disorder (MDD) may be present in 10%-20% of patients in medical settings. Routine depression screening is sometimes...
COVID-19, which was declared in January 2020 to be a public health emergency of international concern by WHO [1] has major impacts all over the world [2]. Fear of this overwhelming infectious disease has caused distress that is an unprecedented threat to psychological coping, leading to clini...
This chapter assumes you will want to know how your integrated care efforts are affecting your practice. It demystifies measurement and provides principles and a framework for measuring, not everything, but what really matters to your practice and your p
Participants’ psychological distress was measured using two two-item screening tools for depression (PHQ-2; [94]) and anxiety symptoms (GAD-2; [95]), which have demonstrated acceptable sensitivity and specificity in previous research [96]. Participants reported how often they have been bothered ...