Depression check

2. Over the last few weeks, how often have you felt down, depressed, or hopeless?

3. Over the last few weeks, how often have you had trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleeping too much?

4. Over the last few weeks, how often have you felt tired or had little energy?

5.  Over the last few weeks, how often have you had a poor appetite or overeaten?

6. Over the last few weeks, how often have you felt bad about yourself, that you’re a failure or that you’ve let yourself or your family down?

7. Over the last few weeks, how often have you had trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching television?

8. Over the last few weeks, how often have you been 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. Over the last few weeks, how often have you had thoughts of death or of hurting yourself?

10. If you checked off any problems, how difficult have these problems made it for you in the last few weeks to do your work, take care of things at home, or get along with other people?