Tech giant Google has joined forces with the National Alliance on Mental Illness to provide US users searching for the terms “depression” or “clinical depression" with a clinically valid questionnaire. The private assessment, called PHQ-9, can help individuals decide if they should seek medical assistance for their depression. The test should also help to raise awareness of the condition, which around five in one Americans experiences in their lifetime.
Tech giant Google has joined forces with the National Alliance on Mental Illness to provide US users searching for the terms “depression” or “clinical depression" with a clinically valid questionnaire. The private assessment, called PHQ-9, can help individuals decide if they should seek medical assistance for their depression. The test should also help to raise awareness of the condition, which around one in five Americans experiences in their lifetime.