At the Other End of Your Screen for Depression is a Real Person… Who May Suffer from Depression
For me, nine years of daily tracking has been incredibly helpful. When you have depression you think it’s always been like this, you’re never going to get any better and you never have been any better. Daily tracking gives you evidence that it hasn’t always been like this. — Jon Cousins
Over the past two weeks, how often have you been bothered by thoughts that you’d be better off dead?
That is a question from the Patient Health Questionnaire, a recommended tool for depression screening. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recently recommended such screening for all adults. Jon Cousins, whose tools for self-tracking mood and emotion are widely used in the U.S. and the U.K., points out that asking such a question can cause harm. While acknowledging that the recommendation comes from a desire to offer treatment to people who need it, Jon proposes that we consider a different style of assessment, one that is more human, direct, and positive. Many people already track their mood using popular tools. We’ve learned a lot about what works — why not call upon our expertise?
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