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A brief check-in with your recent experience.
This screening uses the PHQ-9, a nine-item measure commonly used to assess depression-related symptoms and their severity over the past two weeks.
9 scored questions + one brief impact question
About 2–3 minutes
For adults
No account or email required
Before you begin
This screening is for educational purposes only and is not a diagnosis. Answer based on how often you have been bothered by each problem during the last two weeks.
Your individual answers stay on this page in your browser. They are used only to calculate the result you see here and are not sent to or stored by Wayside.
One PHQ-9 question asks about thoughts of death or self-harm. If you endorse that item, supportive crisis information will appear immediately. A response to one screening question does not by itself establish your level of risk or a diagnosis.
If you are in crisis, experiencing a mental health emergency, or concerned about your immediate safety, call or text 988. For an immediate or life-threatening emergency, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency department.
Over the last 2 weeks, how often have you been bothered by:
Your answers are calculated on this device only. This page does not use a form submission, local storage, or a database to save your responses.
One more piece of context
If you checked any problems, how difficult have these problems made it for you to do your work, take care of things at home, or get along with other people?
This question is not included in your 0–27 PHQ-9 score. It adds information about how symptoms may be affecting daily functioning.
Your Results
Here’s what your responses suggest.
Your PHQ-9 score
0 of 27
Functional impact:
What this means
Important to remember
This is a screening result, not a diagnosis. A score describes the symptoms you reported during a specific two-week period. Diagnosis requires a broader clinical assessment, including history, functioning, context, and other possible explanations for symptoms.
Context matters
What this result doesn’t tell us
Depression-like symptoms can occur in many situations and are not unique to depressive disorders. Similar experiences can be influenced by factors such as:
- Grief, loss, or major life transitions
- Trauma and PTSD
- Anxiety or chronic stress
- Bipolar-spectrum conditions
- ADHD or attention difficulties
- Sleep problems
- Alcohol or other substance use
- Medical conditions
- Medication side effects
- Hormonal or other physical changes
- Relationship or environmental stress
- Other individual experiences
A qualified professional can help place a screening result in context by considering your history, health, functioning, environment, culture, relationships, and other factors. A history of elevated or unusually energized mood is also important to discuss because depressive symptoms can occur in bipolar disorders as well as depressive disorders.
“A screening result is a starting point for a deeper conversation, not the final word on your experience.”
Next steps
What would you like to do next?
Need immediate support? If you are in crisis, experiencing a mental health emergency, or concerned about your immediate safety, call or text 988. If there is an immediate or life-threatening emergency, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency department. Wayside Mental Health does not provide emergency or crisis response services.
PHQ-9 developed by Robert L. Spitzer, Janet B.W. Williams, Kurt Kroenke, and colleagues, with an educational grant from Pfizer Inc. The standard instrument states that no permission is required to reproduce, translate, display, or distribute it. Score bands shown here are commonly used screening ranges. This implementation is educational and does not establish a diagnosis.