Open AccessPatient Health Questionnaire Depression Scale as a Suicide Screening Instrument in Depressed Primary Care Patients
Author(s) -
Lisa A. Uebelacker,
Nicole M. German,
Brandon A. Gaudiano,
Ivan W. Miller
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
primary care companion to cns disorders/the primary care companion for cns disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.328
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 2155-7772
pISSN - 2155-7780
DOI - 10.4088/pcc.10m01027
Subject(s) - depression (economics) , patient health questionnaire , medicine , psychiatry , scale (ratio) , primary care , suicide prevention , psychology , poison control , medical emergency , family medicine , depressive symptoms , anxiety , economics , macroeconomics , physics , quantum mechanics
The aim of this study was to examine the sensitivity and specificity of the suicide item on the 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) when compared to a structured interview (the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV; SCID-I mood module) in primary care patients with elevated depression symptoms.