Depression
This short PHQ form helps us take a snapshot of how depression may be showing up in your life right now. It isn’t a test, and there are no right or wrong answers — it’s simply a way for us to notice patterns and guide our work together. You can complete it before our session, or we can go through it together.
If you’re not sure about a question, just choose the closest answer that feels right for you.
What matters most is how you experience things, not the numbers on the page.
| Over the last 2 weeks, how often have you been bothered by any of the following problems? | Not at all | Several days | More than half the days | Nearly every day | |
| 1 | Little interest or pleasure in doing things | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Feeling down, depressed, or hopeless | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleeping too much | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Feeling tired or having little energy | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Poor appetite or overeating | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Feeling bad about yourself — or that you are a failure or have let yourself or your family down | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching television | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Moving or speaking so slowly that other people could have noticed? Or the opposite — being so fidgety or restless that you have been moving around a lot more than usual | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | Thoughts that you would be better off dead or of hurting yourself in some way | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
