Patient Health Questionnaire Depression Scale as a Suicide Screening Instrument in Depressed Primary Care Patients | Zendy

Lisa A. Uebelacker | Zendy; Nicole M. German | Zendy; Brandon A. Gaudiano | Zendy; Ivan W. Miller | Zendy

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Patient 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 -

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.

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