Background: Telephone assessment of depression for research purposes is increasingly being used. The Patient Health Questionnaire 9-item depression module (PHQ-9) is a well-validated, brief, ...

A change coming to a key depression screening tool in the Minimum Data Set could affect how skilled nursing facilities assess residents for mood disorders and how they are reimbursed for related care.

Depression screening tools can objectively detect depression and track symptoms over time. The symptoms of depression vary from person to person, so in some cases, the disorder can be difficult to ...

Background: The brief Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) is commonly used to screen for depression with 10 often recommended as the cut-off score. We summarized the psychometric properties of the ...