Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9)

Review

Over the last 2 weeks, how often have you been bothered by any of the following problems:

Little interest or pleasure in doing things:
Feeling down, depressed, or hopeless:
Trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleeping too much:
Feeling tired or having little energy:
Poor appetite or overeating:
Feeling bad about yourself — or that you are a failure or have let yourself or your family down:
Trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching television:
Moving or speaking so slowly that other people could have noticed? Or the opposite — being so fidgety or restless that you have been moving around a lot more than usual:
Thoughts that you would be better off dead or of hurting yourself in some way:
Please answer the following questions using the following scale: 0 – never avoid it, 2- slightly avoid it, 4 – definitely avoid it, 6 – markedly avoid it, 8 – always avoid it
Social situations due to a fear of being embarrassed or making a fool of myself
Certain situations because of a fear of having a panic attack or other distressing symptoms (such as loss of bladder control, vomiting or dizziness)
Certain situations because of a fear of particular objects or activities (such as animals, heights, seeing blood, being in confined spaces, driving or flying)
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