Depression Screening Resources
Take Back Your Mental Health: Depression Screening Resources
Understanding your mental health is key to living a happy and healthy life. Luckily, there are depression screening tools out there to help individuals like you better understand your feelings and find healthy ways to cope. We utilize the PHQ 9 Patient Health Questionnaire PHQ-9 to provide insight to understand what you are feeling and to measure progress in your depression treatment.
If you need personal help, know that you aren’t the only one. As professionals in the mental health field, we know that sometimes tackling mental health challenges can be completely overwhelming, and many times our patients don’t know where to start. This questionnaire is a great starting point if you are just beginning to unpack the feelings that you are experiencing.
Beyond that, we are proud to be a mental health resource to the community of Orange County, California. We encourage all new patients to reach out to us with any questions or concerns regarding their mental health and the means of improving it.
The PHQ 9 Patient Health Questionnaire
The PHQ 9 Patient Health Questionnaire is an amazing resource used all throughout the United States for individuals who are in need of regarding their depression symptoms. The questionnaire is a depression screening tool that helps gauge the severity of the depression that a patient is experiencing and gives insight to mental health professionals who are determining the course of treatment.
Don’t be intimidated by the scientific name, this tool is a simple 9-question survey with multiple-choice answers. The results can be calculated quickly, giving you instant feedback to work with.
MDCalc provides tools and content intended for use by healthcare professionals. While these may be surveys or questions intended for patients, they are meant to be answered in the context of a clinician’s medical care and not on their own to diagnose or treat. The benefits of using a depression screening tool can be endless. As you work towards improving your mental health, this tool can be used to gauge your overall progress toward your goals.
Experiencing Treatment-Resistant Depression?
Here at A Better Way Psychiatry and TMS Clinic, we specialize in helping patients who are diagnosed with depression in finding the right mental health resources. Many patients start out with therapy and prescription treatments for depression, but what happens when these methods are ineffective?
It has been proven that symptoms of major depressive disorder can be improved through TMS therapy (transcranial magnetic stimulation). TMS therapy is non-invasive and uses magnetic fields to stimulate areas of the brain that are responsible for mood regulation. The treatment is FDA-approved and has been used to help over 100,000 patients improve their depression symptoms already. Speak with a mental healthcare professional at our clinic today and see if TMS is right for you.
