TABLE 1

PHQ-2 and PHQ-9 screening questionnaires for depression6,67

PHQ-2In the past month, have you been bothered a lot by:
 1. Little interest or pleasure in doing thingsƒ
 2. Feeling down, depressed, or hopelessƒ
PHQ-9Over the past 2 weeks, how often have you been bothered by any of the following problems (not at all, for several days, for more than half the days, or nearly every day)ƒ
 1. Little interest or pleasure in doing things
 2. Feeling down, depressed, or hopeless
 3. Trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleeping too much
 4. Feeling tired or having little energy
 5. Poor appetite or overeating
 6. Feeling bad about yourself – or that you are a failure or have let yourself or your family down
 7. Trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching television
 8. Moving or speaking so slowly that other people could have noticedƒ Or the opposite – being so fidgety or restless that you have been moving around a lot more than usual
 9. Thoughts that you would be better off dead or hurting yourself in some way