Depression Screening Test

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The following is a questionnaire designed to help assess the severity of depressive symptoms you are currently experiencing.

This assessment does not offer a diagnosis of depression, but can help you decide whether it is worth seeking professional help for your symptoms.

This assessment is known as the Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS) and is based on the work of Dr. William W.K. Zung.

For each of the following statements, which answer applies best to you?

Question 1 / 20

I feel down-hearted and blue.

Question 2 / 20

Morning is when I feel the best.

Question 3 / 20

I have crying spells or feel like it.

Question 4 / 20

I have trouble sleeping at night.

Question 5 / 20

I eat as much as I used to.

Question 6 / 20

I still enjoy sex.

Question 7 / 20

I notice that I am losing weight.

Question 8 / 20

I have trouble with constipation.

Question 9 / 20

My heart beats faster than usual.

Question 10 / 20

I get tired for no reason.

Question 11 / 20

My mind is as clear as it used to be.

Question 12 / 20

I find it easy to do the things I used to.

Question 13 / 20

I am restless and can't keep still.

Question 14 / 20

I feel hopeful about the future.

Question 15 / 20

I am more irritable than usual.

Question 16 / 20

I find it easy to make decisions.

Question 17 / 20

I feel that I am useful and needed.

Question 18 / 20

My life is pretty full.

Question 19 / 20

I feel that others would be better off if I were dead.

Question 20 / 20

I still enjoy the things I used to do.

Source

Zung, W. W. K. (1965). A Self-Rating Depression Scale. Archives of General Psychiatry, 12(1), 63. https://doi.org/10.1001/archpsyc.1965.01720310065008

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