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Assessing how you are feeling

This self-assessment isn’t designed to diagnose depression — only a physician or mental health professional can do that. But if you think you may be depressed, take the assessment and share the results with your doctor. Keep in mind that the tool is intended for adults 18 years and older.

Over the past 2 weeks, how often have you been bothered by any of the following problems?

One or more answers not checked on questionnaire.

 
Not at all
Several days
More than half the days
Nearly every day
Little interest or pleasure in doing things?
Little interest or pleasure in doing things?
Feeling down, depressed or hopeless?
Feeling down, depressed or hopeless?
Trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleeping too much?
Trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleeping too much?
Feeling tired or having little energy?
Feeling tired or having little energy?
Poor appetite or overeating?
Poor appetite or overeating?
Feeling bad about yourself—or that you are a failure or have let yourself or your family down?
Feeling bad about yourself—or that you are a failure or have let yourself or your family down?
Trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching television?
Trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching television?
Moving or speaking so slowly that other people could have noticed? Or the opposite—being so figidty or restless that you have been moving around a lot more than usual?
Moving or speaking so slowly that other people could have noticed? Or the opposite—being so figidty or restless that you have been moving around a lot more than usual?
Thoughts that you would be better off dead, or of hurting yourself in some way.
Thoughts that you would be better off dead, or of hurting yourself in some way.

Credits: Developed by Drs. Robert L. Spitzer, Janet B.W. Williams, Kurt Kroenke and colleagues, with an educational grant from Pfizer Inc. Accessed Jan. 5, 2011. Adapted by Kaiser Permanente.