How likely am I to have depression?

The PHQ-9: the 9-question depression screener doctors use worldwide. This is a screening questionnaire, not a diagnosis. Answer honestly. There are no right or wrong answers.

9 questions · about 1 min · free · no sign-up

Question 1 of 90%

Over the last 2 weeks, how often have you been bothered by any of the following problems?

Little interest or pleasure in doing things

About this test

This page uses a validated screening questionnaire with its original wording and published scoring cutoffs. Your answers are scored automatically as soon as you finish. A screening result can tell you whether it's worth talking to a doctor or mental-health professional, but only they can make a diagnosis.

Possible results

  • Minimal symptoms (score 0+)
  • Mild symptoms (score 5+)
  • Moderate symptoms (score 10+)
  • Moderately severe symptoms (score 15+)
  • Severe symptoms (score 20+)
See all 9 questions
  1. Little interest or pleasure in doing things
  2. Feeling down, depressed, or hopeless
  3. Trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleeping too much
  4. Feeling tired or having little energy
  5. Poor appetite 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 reading the newspaper or watching television
  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

Source: PHQ-9. Kroenke K, Spitzer RL, Williams JBW (2001). Developed by Drs. Robert L. Spitzer, Janet B.W. Williams, Kurt Kroenke and colleagues, with an educational grant from Pfizer Inc. No permission required to reproduce, translate, display or distribute.

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