Scales and Assessment
Major Depressive Disorder Scales and Assessment Tools
This page focuses on the validated scales and assessment tools most often used with Major Depressive Disorder.
Main diagnosis page
Common scales
- PHQ-9: Fast symptom burden tracking in outpatient settings.
- HAM-D: Clinician-rated depression severity, often used in specialty care and research.
- QIDS-SR16: Useful when you want a brief depressive symptom measure with repeated follow-up.
- MADRS: Sensitive to change during treatment response assessment.