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A patient may take the PHQ-9 in written form or be presented the survey items in interview form. The PHQ-9 questions reflect the diagnostic criteria for major depressive disorder (MDD) found in the DSM-5. [6] The items ask about the patient's experience in the last two weeks.
Covers the DSM-IV criteria for major depressive disorder. [3] Construct validity (e.g., predictive, concurrent, convergent, and discriminant validity) Good Higher PHQ-9 scores were correlated with greater self-reported disability days, clinic visits, health-care utilization, as well as difficulties in activities and relationships. [3]
The Montgomery–Åsberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) is a ten-item [1] diagnostic questionnaire which mental health professionals use to measure the severity of depressive episodes in patients with mood disorders.
The Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q) is a 28-item self-report questionnaire, adapted from the semi-structured interview, the Eating Disorder Examination (EDE). The questionnaire is designed to assess the range, frequency and severity of behaviours associated with a diagnosis of an eating disorder.
Rather than being used to diagnose depression, a depression rating scale may be used to assign a score to a person's behaviour where that score may be used to determine whether that person should be evaluated more thoroughly for a depressive disorder diagnosis. [1] Several rating scales are used for this purpose. [1]
When using the scale to diagnose depression according to ICD-10, there are the following possibilities: Mild depression: A score of 4 or 5 in two of the first three items. Plus a score of at least 3 on two or three of the last seven items. Moderate depression: A score of 4 or 5 in two or three of the first three items. Plus a score of at least ...
PMDD is a severe form of premenstrual syndrome or PMS. PMS and PMDD are similar, but PMDD is much more serious and rare, Dr. Julia N. Riddle, a psychiatrist at the Center for Women’s Mood ...
"The Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-11-20 (49.0 KB) Clinically Useful Psychiatric Scales: HAM-D (Hamilton Depression Rating Scale). Accessed March 6, 2009. Hamilton Depression Rating Scale - Original scientific paper published in 1960 in Psychiatry out of Print website. Accessed June 27, 2008.