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Dr. Kurt Kroenke

PHQ-9 (Patient Health Questionnaire-9)

interest

depressed

sleep

tired

appetite

failure

concentration

slow

death

problems_difficult

Objectifies degree of depression severity.

PHQ-9

Ferda Sakman, MD, obtained her medical degree at the Hacettepe University School of Medicine in Ankara, Turkey and completed her adult psychiatry residency at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, MA. She is currently a research fellow in psychiatry at the Mood and Personality Disorders Program at Mount Sinai Hospital and the James J. Peters VA Medical Center in New York City. Her research interests are focused on understanding the multitude of perspectives on investigating the mind and its functioning – including neurobiological, psychological/psychodynamic, and contemplative/transpersonal approaches, among others – and delineating the relationship between these perspectives, especially as it pertains to therapeutics.

Ferda Sakman, MD

The PHQ-9 (Patient Health Questionnaire-9) objectifies and assesses degree of depression severity via questionnaire.

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