A new brief report published in JAMA Psychiatry finds that the instructions for the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ), a ...

Mental health assessment and depression management have evolved into multifaceted endeavours that integrate rigorous psychometric screening with personalised clinical intervention. Modern strategies ...

Google users can now easily screen themselves for depression. Users who search key terms such as "depression" and "clinical depression" have immediate access to the PHQ-9 test, a self-assessment tool ...

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, Vol. 42, No. 1 (February 2014), pp. 82-88 (7 pages) Aims: Major depressive disorders are common, with substantial impact on individuals/society. Brief scales for ...

In everyday language, the word depression is used in diverse ways and can refer to anything from passing feelings of sadness and unhappiness to chronic grief and deep despair. When clinicians and ...

Background Depression is a risk factor and complication of coronary artery disease (CAD) that is associated with poor ...

5 Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Providencia, Chile 6 Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH), Escuela de Ciencias de la Actividad Física, el Deporte y la Salud, ...

Apple Health's Mental Wellbeing features include emotion and mood journaling as well as mental health self-assessments. Credit: Image: Mashable composite; Shutterstock / i_fleur There's no shortage of ...

Depression and anxiety are linked to a higher risk of heart attack, heart disease and stroke, and researchers now think they ...

Depression and anxiety may heighten cardiovascular disease risk through chronic stress pathways in the brain and body.

The risk for a diagnosis of epilepsy is more than two times greater for those with depression, although incidence is low, ...