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Implementing Validated Mental Health Screeners (Like PHQ-9) on the Web: Scoring, Severity Bands and Safety Rules
Psychology quizzes are everywhere online, and most of them are made up. When I built Ask.Dr — a site with 240+ free psychology self-assessments, symptom guides and articles — the core rule was that clinical-style screeners should use published, validated instruments , implemented exactly as specified, with clear "this is not a diagnosis" framing.
The PHQ-9 depression questionnaire (Kroenke, Spitzer & Williams, 2001) is a good example of what that involves in code.
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