Self-Assessment · Depression · Illinois

Has your mood been weighing on you lately?

A free, confidential 2-minute screening based on the PHQ-9, the same 9-question tool clinicians use to screen for depression. Nothing you enter is stored or sent anywhere — your answers are scored right in your browser.

Private. Nothing is saved. Your answers are scored right here in your browser and are never stored or sent anywhere. Takes about 2 minutes.

Over the last two weeks, how often have you been bothered by any of the following problems? Answer as honestly as you can — there are no right or wrong answers, and nothing you enter here is saved or sent anywhere.

1Little interest or pleasure in doing things

2Feeling down, depressed, or hopeless

3Trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleeping too much

4Feeling tired or having little energy

5Poor appetite or overeating

6Feeling bad about yourself — or that you are a failure or have let yourself or your family down

7Trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching television

8Moving 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

9Thoughts that you would be better off dead, or of hurting yourself in some way

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

9 of 9 questions left.

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Talking it through with someone takes about ten minutes, is confidential, and doesn't commit you to anything.

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This screening uses the PHQ-9 (Patient Health Questionnaire-9), developed by Drs. Robert L. Spitzer, Janet B.W. Williams, Kurt Kroenke and colleagues. It is a screening tool, not a diagnosis. Only a licensed clinician can diagnose depression, and a high or low score here does not replace a professional evaluation. If you are in immediate danger or thinking about hurting yourself, call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline) or go to your nearest emergency room.

Next steps

What to do with your result

A screening score is a starting point, not a verdict. If your score was in the moderate range or higher — or if low mood, exhaustion, or hopelessness is getting in the way of work, sleep, or relationships regardless of the number — the next step is a conversation with a clinician. At Forrest Behavioral Health in Illinois that starts with a short, confidential call: we listen, check your insurance for free, and tell you plainly which level of care fits, whether that is our Outpatient Program, our Intensive Outpatient Program, our Evening IOP built around work and family, or our Day Treatment Program.

If you had any thoughts of hurting yourself, please don’t wait — call or text 988, or call us today. Depression is one of the most treatable conditions we see. Learn more about mental health treatment in Illinois or explore our programs.

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