Nine questions about depressive symptoms during the past two weeks. Includes a sensitive question about thoughts of death or self-harm. You may stop at any time.
Method and research sourcesThe nine-item symptom module of the Patient Health Questionnaire covers interest, mood, sleep, energy, appetite, self-worth, concentration, movement and thoughts of death or self-harm. Developed by Kroenke, Spitzer and Williams; validated in 2001.
Sum nine responses scored 0–3: total 0–27, without reverse items. Symptom ranges: 0–4 minimal, 5–9 mild, 10–14 moderate, 15–19 moderately severe, 20–27 severe. No diagnostic algorithm is applied.
The original publication, the English form and the developers' official Russian and Ukrainian translations are listed below.
Kurt Kroenke, Robert L. Spitzer, Janet B. W. Williams
Robert L. Spitzer, Janet B. W. Williams, Kurt Kroenke
Robert L. Spitzer, Janet B. W. Williams, Kurt Kroenke
Robert L. Spitzer, Janet B. W. Williams, Kurt Kroenke
Resources are selected by the depression topic, not by your answers or score.
Changes in mood, sleep and everyday life that deserve attention, why rest is not a test for depression, and how to prepare for an appointment. Treatment and supporting someone close.
Why depression can make falling asleep or getting up difficult, how fatigue differs from needing less sleep, and what to discuss with a clinician.
Complete the 21-item BDI-II and receive a careful, non-diagnostic interpretation of depressive symptoms over the past two weeks.
Reflect on positive mental wellbeing over the past two weeks with the 14-item Warwick–Edinburgh scale.
Complete the seven-item ISI and review a careful interpretation of sleep difficulties over the past two weeks.
No. A professional assessment considers functioning, medical causes, other symptoms and your circumstances.
No. Thoughts of death or self-harm deserve attention regardless of the total. This questionnaire cannot determine immediate risk.
