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Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-2)

09/30/2016

How to Use

If response is “yes” to either question, consider administering the PHQ-9. If the response to both is “no”, the screen is negative.

Sensitivity: 96%
Specificity: 57%

Whooley MA, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 1997;12(7):439-445.

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