Chamberlain College of Nursing NR 602 NR Week 3 Psychiatric Disorders and Screening

Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ – 9) – Depression Screening The Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ – 9) depression screening tool is widely used in screening patients for depression in nonpsychiatric settings (Manea, Gilbody, & McMillan, 2015). It integrates DSM-IV depression diagnostic criteria with other leading major depressive symptoms into a short self-report tool. The screening rates the frequency of the symptoms, whole factoring the scoring severity index. One of the most important questions is question 9 that screens for presence and duration of suicidal ideation. I chose his as my depression screening tool to use in the primary care setting because it is brief and very useful in preventing patient harm. The screening tool is effective and can be completed in minutes to produce a score. It can also be used repeatedly to gage improvement or worsening of depression with each patient (Center for Quality Assessment and Improvement in Mental H