🧠 Mental Health
Am I depressed?
PHQ-9 — the gold standard depression screener.
Over the last 2 weeks, how often have you been bothered by: 0 (not at all) to 3 (nearly every day).
This is a screening tool, not a diagnosis. If you scored 10+ or endorsed item 9, please contact a mental health professional. Crisis: 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (call/text 988).
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🧩NeurodivergentPHQ-9: the gold standard
The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (Kroenke et al. 2001) is the most widely used depression screening tool worldwide, used in clinical practice across 100+ countries.
Score interpretation
- 0-4: Minimal depression
- 5-9: Mild depression
- 10-14: Moderate depression
- 15-19: Moderately severe depression
- 20-27: Severe depression
Depression facts
- 280 million people worldwide have depression (WHO 2023)
- Depression is the #1 cause of disability globally
- Only 50% of people with depression seek treatment
- PHQ-9 has 88% sensitivity and 88% specificity for major depression
Sources: Kroenke et al. (2001, J Gen Intern Med), WHO (2023), NIMH.