Depression screening tools can objectively detect depression and track symptoms over time. The symptoms of depression vary from person to person, so in some cases, the disorder can be difficult to ...

Depression doesn’t have a uniform presentation, but teenage depression assessments can help differentiate between typical adolescent “growing pains” and serious mental health challenges. It’s ...

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Major depression is one of the most common mental illnesses in this country. it affects at least 21 million adults. The numbers are slightly higher among women than men and ...

Everyone gets blue, but when sad, lonely, hopeless or irritable feelings prevent your getting on with your life, it may be clinical depression. Nearly 20 million Americans suffer from depression each ...

In Canada and the U.S., doctors are increasingly being encouraged to try to identify depression in children and adolescents - even if they do not have obvious indications of the disease. In order to ...

"Self-assessment tools like the PHQ-9 are still well valued by many GPs and patients for monitoring depression treatment. "We would like to see future studies test PROMs which are automatically ...

Medical assistant Kimberly Mendoza gives the VitalSign6 depression screening test as part of a routine physical to patients at a public clinic in Dallas. She took the test herself and is now being ...

Today Cook Counseling Center is promoting National Depression Screening Day. Along with health centers around the country, the center is making free mental health exams available to the public.

Depression is common in women during pregnancy and postpartum, posing risks to both mother and child. More effort is needed to get women screened... Pregnant women and new mothers need more attention ...