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PHQ-A: Validated depression screen for adolescents (11-18 years). Includes targeted wording for irritability and school performance.
1. Little interest or pleasure in doing things?
2. Feeling down, depressed, irritable, or hopeless?
3. Trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleeping too much?
4. Feeling tired or having little energy?
5. Poor appetite, weight loss, or overeating?
6. Feeling bad about yourself — or that you are a failure or have let yourself or your family down?
7. Trouble concentrating on things, such as school work, reading, or watching TV?
8. Moving or speaking so slowly that other people could have noticed? Or the opposite — being so fidgety or restless that you have been moving around a lot more than usual?
9. Thoughts that you would be better off dead, or of hurting yourself in some way?
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