How Are You Feeling Lately? Take a Mental Health Check.
Medical Reviewer Kartic Rajput, MD, PhD
Take a proactive approach to your mental health and well-being with these free, medically reviewed quizzes. Instant results. The results won’t diagnose you with a mental health condition. Only a mental health professional can give you a diagnosis. But this helps to know what kind of support is right for you.
3 Minute Depression Test
This depression quiz is based on the Depression Screening Test developed by Ivan K. Goldberg, MD, the founder of Psycom who was also a renowned psychiatrist.
Who Is This Depression Quiz For?
Below is a list of 10 questions designed to help you determine if you might be experiencing?depression. The questions relate to life experiences common among people who have depression. Please read each question carefully, and indicate how often you have experienced the same or similar challenges?in the past few weeks.
TEST ACCURACY
How Accurate Is It?
This quiz is?NOT?a diagnostic tool. Mental health disorders can only be diagnosed by a licensed mental health provider or doctor.
Psycom?believes assessments can be a valuable first step toward getting treatment. All too often people stop short of seeking help out of fear their concerns aren't legitimate or severe enough to warrant professional intervention.
MORE ABOUT DEPRESSION
Learn More About Depression
Depression can make you feel alone but you have lots of company. Major depressive disorder (MDD), the clinical term for depression, is one of the most common mental health conditions, affecting an estimated 350 million people in all age groups. You should know that depression isn’t the same as being sad. It’s normal to feel blue or unmotivated from time to time, but depression is more constant. And, it has a real, biological basis.
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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?*
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7.?Trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching television?*
8.?Moving or speaking so slowly that other people could have noticed?*
9.?Thoughts that you would be better off dead, or of hurting yourself?*
10.?If you've had any days with issues above, how difficult have these problems made it for you at work, home, school, or with other people??*
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The above quiz is based on the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9). If you think you may be suffering from?Depression?and/or you (or a loved one)?are experiencing a mental health crisis, we strongly suggest that you reach out to to a qualified mental health professional. To aid in your search please consider our directory of?emergency mental health resources.
FAQS
Depression FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions
How is depression diagnosed?
Depression (also called major depressive disorder) presents with symptoms that range from mild to severe. Feelings of sadness, difficulty sleeping or sleeping too much, feeling worthless or guilty, loss of energy or increased fatigue, and a loss of interest or pleasure in activities once enjoyed are common. Children and adolescents who are depressed may come across as irritable rather than sad.
A health care professional looks for symptoms that are interfering with the person’s relationships and with their work and that represent a change in the person’s previous level of functioning.1?To receive a diagnosis of depression, the person must have five depression symptoms every day, and nearly all day, for at least two weeks.2
Who can diagnose depression?
Primary care providers often diagnose depression. They may refer an individual to a mental health professional such as a psychiatrist or psychologist for treatment. Typically, says Steven Hollon, PhD, of Brentwood, Tennessee, a professor of psychology at Vanderbilt University, the provider uses the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) to make a diagnosis.3?“They go through the criteria in the DSM to see how many criteria the person meets,” Hollon says.
How many people are diagnosed with depression?
Around 17.3 million US adults have had at least one major depressive episode.2?Some 20% of women and between 10 and 12% of men will experience depression at least once in their life, says says Steven Hollon, PhD, of Brentwood, Tennessee, a professor of psychology at Vanderbilt University.
“Depression is relatively rare during childhood and comparably distributed across the genders,” Hollon adds. “The rates just explode during adolescence and that is when gender disparities first emerge.” And, he adds, “Half of all the folks who are going to be diagnosed with major depression at some point will have at least one episode during adolescence.”
Article Original Link : https://www.psycom.net/depression-test
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