Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The PHQ-9 was more effective than suicidal ideation screening in identifying patients who would attempt suicide ...

As a Joint Commission-accredited facility, Coffeyville Regional Medical Center in Coffeyville, Kansas, recognizes the importance of assessing and identifying patients at risk for suicide. While ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A question set feasibly administrable in the ED predicted 3-month PTSD or major depressive episode among ...

In Canada and the U.S., doctors are increasingly being encouraged to try to identify depression in children and adolescents - even if they do not have obvious indications of the disease. In order to ...

Text-based AI depression screening may be easier and quicker than questionnaires. A new study highlights how artificial intelligence could improve mental health monitoring among older adults.

A recent analysis found limited research evaluating depression screening tools in patients with kidney failure. Many studies were small in size and had other shortcomings. Washington, DC (November 17, ...

For over a century, standardized rating scales have been the dominant method of psychological assessment, but they often ...

INDIANAPOLIS – A study published in the February 2009 issue of the Journal of General Internal Medicine reports that a highly reliable depression screening tool known as the Patient Health ...

The scoring results of widely used depression-screening tools should be carefully adjusted to better detect the condition in teenagers with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D), according to a new study ...

Suicide is the second leading cause of death among children aged 10 to 14 in the U.S. That’s evidence of a systemic failure in identifying and addressing mental health concerns in young people.