Which assessment uses a mood interview spanning PHQ-2 through PHQ-9?

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Which assessment uses a mood interview spanning PHQ-2 through PHQ-9?

The mood interview that spans from PHQ-2 through PHQ-9 combines a quick initial screen with a full depression assessment. You start with the two PHQ-2 questions about depressed mood and anhedonia over the past two weeks. If those are positive, you proceed to the PHQ-9, which covers nine depression symptoms and helps gauge severity and functional impact. This two-step approach is efficient in practice: it quickly identifies those who may need a fuller evaluation and then provides a detailed rating of symptom severity. PHQ-9 alone measures severity across nine items, while PHQ-2 alone is only a brief screening tool, so neither by itself captures the full spanning mood interview. The PHQ-7 isn’t the standard tool used for this specific two-step process, so it doesn’t fit the idea of a mood interview that starts with a brief screen and extends to the full PHQ-9. That’s why the PHQ-2 to 9 option best fits the concept.

The mood interview that spans from PHQ-2 through PHQ-9 combines a quick initial screen with a full depression assessment. You start with the two PHQ-2 questions about depressed mood and anhedonia over the past two weeks. If those are positive, you proceed to the PHQ-9, which covers nine depression symptoms and helps gauge severity and functional impact. This two-step approach is efficient in practice: it quickly identifies those who may need a fuller evaluation and then provides a detailed rating of symptom severity.

PHQ-9 alone measures severity across nine items, while PHQ-2 alone is only a brief screening tool, so neither by itself captures the full spanning mood interview. The PHQ-7 isn’t the standard tool used for this specific two-step process, so it doesn’t fit the idea of a mood interview that starts with a brief screen and extends to the full PHQ-9. That’s why the PHQ-2 to 9 option best fits the concept.

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