5.41 Evaluation of Patient Health Questionnaire Screening and Individual Symptom Analysis Among Adolescents With Depression

The American Academy of Pediatrics in 2018 released new guidelines recommending annual depression screening in adolescents ages 12 years and older. However, the validity of screening methods in the adolescent population requires further study. The 2-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-2) is a wid...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inJournal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Vol. 57; no. 10; p. S240
Main Authors Ho, Charles, Emslie, Graham J.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Baltimore Elsevier Inc 01.10.2018
Elsevier BV
Subjects
Adolescents
Child & adolescent psychiatry
Medical screening
Mental depression
Patient assessment
Pediatrics
Population studies
Primary care
Questionnaires
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

More Information
Summary:The American Academy of Pediatrics in 2018 released new guidelines recommending annual depression screening in adolescents ages 12 years and older. However, the validity of screening methods in the adolescent population requires further study. The 2-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-2) is a widely used depression-screening tool, particularly in primary care settings. We hypothesized that there are distinguishing symptoms differentiating depressed patients with positive PHQ-2 screening from those with negative PHQ-2 screening.
ISSN:0890-8567
1527-5418
DOI:10.1016/j.jaac.2018.09.334