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 ...

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 ...

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.

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — In an effort to address mental well-being, more physicians are inquiring about patients' mental health during routine visits. The University of Utah Health System has advanced ...

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 ...

Additional widely validated and reliable screening instruments are available as initial depression screening tools. The Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D or HDRS) is a clinician-administered ...

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 ...

Medically reviewed by Michael MacIntyre, MD Diagnosing depression often starts with a screening tool, which is a short ...

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 ...

Depression and anxiety have been well documented in people with multiple sclerosis (MS), but often are undiagnosed or untreated. A machine learning model may help by analyzing routinely collected ...