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  Construct Details
  
Construct Name: Depression
Definition of Construct: Depression may be described as feeling sad, blue, unhappy, miserable, or down in the dumps. True clinical depression is a mood disorder in which feelings of sadness, loss, anger, or frustration interfere with everyday life for an extended period of time.
Theoretical Foundation:
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Associated Constructs
Keywords: CPHHD Core Measures

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MeasuresDatasets
The Beck Depression Inventory
Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS)
Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9)
CPHHD-MMWG Depression Measure
(Last Updated: 2/29/2012 5:06:45 PM by Elizabeth Weathersbee)


  Comments (3 comments)
  
Depressed Mood vs Depression, 10/23/2011 7:04:42 PM
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are there really differences between what's measured by the measures listed under the Depressed Mood and Depression constructs?
PHQ, 4/3/2011 4:09:12 PM
By Perry Dickinson, University of Colorado School of Medicine
Would recommend the PHQ-2 or PHQ-4 for screening, then f/u with PHQ-9.
Should we start with PHQ2?, 3/31/2011 9:00:01 PM
By Ming Tai-Seale, Palo Alto Medical Foundation Research Institute
How about we use a stepped approach? i.e., start with PHQ2 then progress to PHQ9 if the score on PHQ2 is greater than 2?