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Depression Screening Tool

A 2-minute check-in when depression or thoughts of MAID won't leave you alone. Results point you to next steps — not irreversible decisions.

Important Information

This is a screening tool, not a diagnosis. Only a qualified healthcare professional can diagnose depression.

Confidential & Anonymous: Your responses are not stored or shared. This assessment happens entirely in your browser.

Takes 2 minutes. Answer honestly for the most accurate results.

If you are weighing MAID: A high score means your judgment may be impaired by depression — talk to a doctor and someone you trust before any irreversible decision.

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

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