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If you've been sent this form, it is to gather some more information about your mental health. The PHQ-9 is a multipurpose instrument for screening, diagnosing, monitoring and measuring the severity of depression. Your answers are confidential.

Over the last 2 weeks, how often have you had little interest or pleasure in doing things?
Over the last 2 weeks, how often have you felt down, depressed or hopeless?
Over the last 2 weeks, how often have you had trouble falling asleep, staying asleep or sleeping too much?
Over the last 2 weeks, how often have you been feeling tired or had little energy?
Over the last 2 weeks, how often have you had a poor appetite or been overeating?
Over the last 2 weeks, how often have you felt bad about yourself or that you are a failure or have let yourself or your family down?
Over the last 2 weeks, how often have you had trouble concentrating on things such as reading the newspaper or watching television?
Over the last 2 weeks, how often have you been 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?
Over the last 2 weeks, how often have you had thoughts that you would be better off dead, or of hurting yourself?
IF you checked off any problems, how difficult have these problems made it for you to do your work, take care of things at home, or get along with other people?
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