Depression 09 Aug, 2017 Read Time: 1 min

Assessing depression

Ongoing evaluation is essential in depression

Monitoring the full constellation of symptoms in depression, at diagnosis throughout treatment and beyond, is vital in order to achieve true and lasting functional recovery.12 There are a number of tools available to help you assess and quantify the symptoms of depression. Those that are administered by a healthcare practitioner are known as ‘clinician-rated’, while those completed by the patients themselves are termed ‘patient-rated’.

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