Detecting and monitoring depression with a two-item questionnaire (PHQ-2).

By B. Löwe, K. Kroenke, K. Gräfe. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 2005

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Pharmacology, Social Psychology

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In Applied Psychology

1. R. Spitzer
2. Janet B W Williams
3. Elmar Brähler
4. K. Kroenke
5. B. Löwe
6. S. Gilbody
7. P. Herzberg

In Pharmacology

1. B. Löwe
2. K. Kroenke
3. Elmar Brähler
4. R. Spitzer
5. Janet B W Williams
6. S. Gilbody
7. D. Schellberg
8. K. Gräfe

In Social Psychology

1. B. Löwe
2. K. Kroenke
3. Janet B W Williams
4. R. Spitzer
5. Elmar Brähler
6. S. Gilbody
7. D. Schellberg
8. Wolfgang Herzog

Citations in the corpus

• Screening for Depression in Medical Settings with the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ): A Diagnostic Meta-Analysis (2007, background): “) Fourteen studies examined the diagnostic attributes of the PHQ9, and 3 studies examined the diagnostic attributes of the PHQ2(9,45,46) (three studies reported the diagnostic properties of both the PHQ2 and PHQ9—one in a single report(45) and 2 each in 2 separate reports.(9,11,35,46) Eight studies ”
• Anxiety Disorders in Primary Care: Prevalence, Impairment, Comorbidity, and Detection (2007, result): “Notably, an ultra-brief screening tool (PHQ-2) that uses the 2 core symptoms for depressive disorders—depressed mood and anhedonia—has proven valid for screening for major depression (63, 64), which is concordant with other studies (65).”
• The Patient Health Questionnaire Somatic, Anxiety, and Depressive Symptom Scales: a systematic review. (2010, background): “The PHQ-2 also appears to be responsive when monitoring depression outcomes [86].”
• An ultra-brief screening scale for anxiety and depression: the PHQ-4. (2009, background): “14,20 Likewise, a score of 3-or-greater on the Anxiety subscale represents a reasonable cut-point for generalized anxiety, panic, social anxiety, and posttraumatic stress disorders.”
• Validation and Standardization of the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Screener (GAD-7) in the General Population (2008, methodology): “As an indicator of depression, the survey included the validated German version of the 2-item depression module from the Patient Health Questionnaire.23,24 In addition, validated German versions of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale,25,26 of the Questionnaire on Life Satisfaction,27 and of the Resilien”