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Depression Screening Test


For The Duration of Two Weeks

STEP 1: Read each question carefully.  For each question, check the appropriate bubble in the column and after answering all of the questions, click the Total button.

Questions 1
None or little of the time		 2
Some of the time		 3
Good part of the time		 4
Most or all of the time
1 I feel downhearted, blue, and sad.
2 My heart beats faster than usual.
3 I have crying spells or feel like it.
4 I have trouble sleeping through the night.
5 I eat as much as I used to. (If you are on a diet, answer as if you were not.)
6 I notice that I am losing weight. (If you are on a diet, answer as if you were not.)
7 I enjoy looking at, talking to, and being with attractive women/men.
8 I have trouble with constipation.
9 Morning is when I feel the best.
10 I get tired for no reason.
11 My mind is as clear as it used to be.
12 I find it easy to make decisions.
13 I am restless and can't keep still.
14 I feel hopeful about the future.
15 I am more irritable than usual.
16 I find it easy to do the things I used to do.
17 I feel that I am useful and needed.
18 My life is pretty full.
19 I feel that others would be better off if I were dead.
20 I still enjoy the things I used to do.

Please also answer in Yes or No to the following three questions:

  Yes No
A Have you ever had at least a four-day period of sustained, excessively elevated mood, with rapid thinking, many new ideas, heightened interest in sex, and loss of sleep?
B Have you ever had at least a four-day period of sustained, excessivly irritable mood, with anger, arguments, or breaking things, that led to difficulties with others?
C Has any close blood relative ever had depression, manic-depression, alcohol abuse, or been psychiatrically hospitalized?

Your Score:   

STEP 2: Note your SDS Index score from the number next to your total score in the following table:

Conversion of Scores to the SDS Index
Score SDS Index Score SDS Index Score SDS Index Score SDS Index Score SDS Index
20 25 32 40 44 55 56 70 68 85
21 26 33 41 45 56 57 71 69 86
22 28 34 43 46 58 58 73 70 88
23 29 35 44 47 59 59 74 71 89
24 30 36 45 48 60 60 75 72 90
25 31 37 46 49 61 61 76 73 91
26 33 38 48 50 63 62 78 74 92
27 34 39 49 51 64 63 79 75 94
28 35 40 50 52 65 64 80 76 95
29 36 41 51 53 66 65 81 77 96
30 38 42 53 54 68 66 83 78 98
31 39 43 54 55 69 67 84 79 99
        80 100

STEP 3: What Your Scores Mean

SDS Index Equivalent Clinical Global Impression
Below 50 Within normal range, no psychopathology.
50 – 59 Presence of minimal to mild depression.
60 – 69 Presence of moderate to marked depression.
70 & over Presence of severe to extreme depression.

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