• Feeling Down?

    Depression is a complex mental health condition that goes beyond occasional sadness, often appearing as a persistent sense of heaviness, low energy, or a loss of interest in the things you usually enjoy.
  • Please answer the following questions about how you have been feeling over the last 2 weeks. This is not a diagnosis but can help identify if further evaluation may be helpful. At the end of the assessment in the 'Total Score' add the sum of the numbers from each result. If you have any questions, call The Lux Center of Counseling and Education at (954) 860 3742.
  • Over the past two weeks, how often have you felt little interest or pleasure in doing things?*
  • Over the past two weeks, how often have you felt down, depressed, or hopeless?*
  • Over the past two weeks, how often have you had trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleeping too much?*
  • Over the past two weeks, how often have you felt tired or had little energy?*
  • Over the past two weeks, how often have you had poor appetite or overeating?*
  • Over the past two weeks, how often have you felt bad about yourself — or that you are a failure or have let yourself or your family down?*
  • Over the past two weeks, how often have you had trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching television?*
  • Over the past two weeks, how often have you moved or spoken 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?*
  • Over the past two weeks, how often have you had thoughts that you would be better off dead or of hurting yourself in some way?*
  • If you are experiencing a medical emergency, please call 988 or go to the nearest emergency room immediately. This screening tool is not a diagnosis.

  • Kroenke, K., Spitzer, R. L., & Williams, J. B. (2001). The PHQ-9: validity of a brief depression severity measure. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 16(9), 606-613.

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