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 ...

In a study in Social Science & Medicine—Mental Health, CUNY SPH doctoral alum Dana Watnick and team sought to explore local understandings of depression and mental distress among people living with ...

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 ...

To assess the effectiveness of the Tree Drawing Test Depression Assessment Scale in screening for depressive disorders among adolescents. This study adopted a case–control design involving 50 ...

In a new guideline, the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care (CTFPHC) “strongly” recommended against screening all adults with a standardized tool for depression, stating instead that ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The AI-based tool correctly identified depression in around 71% of patients. It also correctly ruled out ...

Research led by The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and Wesleyan University found that depression screening tools outperformed suicide risk screenings under most conditions. From 1999 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.

What Is the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS)? The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) is an easy-to-take, self-administered questionnaire that you can use to screen yourself, or a ...