Depression

Scales and Brief Descriptions
PHQ-2

PHQ-9

SF-12 MCS - Short Form-12 Mental Component Summary

RAND-12

RAND-12 Mental Health Composite (MHC)

Bidemensional Response Process Model 12 mental health score (BRP-12 MHS)

Composite International Diagnostic Interview, Version 3.0

Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale

Beck Depression Index

Centre for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale 20

Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression

Hopkins Symptoms Checklist-25

Kessler Psychological Distress Scale

Self-Reporting Questionnaire

Could be Confused With
Screen for conditions that may mimic or co exist with Major Depressive Disorder:
 * Substance abuse causing depressed mood (eg. drugs, alcohol, medications)
 * Medical illness causing depressed mood
 * Other psychiatric disorders: mania, hypomania, bipolar, schizoaffective, schizophrenia, etc.
 * Bereavement unless sx persist for > two months or show marked functional impairment, morbid preoccupation with worthlessness, suicidal ideation, psychotic symptoms, or psychomotor retardation.

Studies
= Screening Adults for Depression in Primary Care. = https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28577628

Med Clin North Am. 2017 Jul;101(4):807-821. doi: 10.1016/j.mcna.2017.03.010.