PRIME-MD Primary Care Evaluation of Mental Disorders screening questionaire for depressive symptoms (Arnau RC, Meagher MW, Norris MP, Bramson R (2001) Psychometric evaluation of the Beck Depression Inventory-II with primary care medical patients.Health Psychol. 20:112-119) Scoring • Score one point for each positive answer. • For patients with five or more points, the diagnosis is major depressive disorder. If less than five symptoms are present, consider other depressive disorders. • Patients who answer positively to the suicide questions are at high risk and need urgent attention.

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