PHQ-8 Mood Screener

An eight-item screen for the frequency of depression-related symptoms without the self-harm item.

3 min·8 questions·Private on this device

What this tool explores

An eight-item screen for the frequency of depression-related symptoms without the self-harm item.

One overall response pattern

Results show a score and clearly labeled range when the source defines one.

Over the last 2 weeks

Pfizer / PHQ Screeners

PHQ and GAD screeners developed by Drs. Robert L. Spitzer, Janet B.W. Williams, Kurt Kroenke, and colleagues.

Public domain; no permission required to reproduce, translate, display, or distribute according to the publisher's public-access statement.

This tool cannot diagnose a condition or replace professional assessment.

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