Google Search users in the US will soon be able
to take a screening to determine whether they are depressed. The clinically approved test is optional, and will show up when Google Search users in the US look up "depression" on the search engine. It will be placed as a box on top of the results on mobile on search result page, which
Google calls Knowledge Panel. This panel includes information on what depression is, its symptoms, and possible treatments. The company has also partnered with the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) to ensure the information shared in the Google Search depression questionnaire is accurate.
"Now when you search for 'clinical depression' on Google on mobile, you'll see a Knowledge Panel that will give you the option to tap 'check if you’re clinically depressed', which will bring you to PHQ-9, a clinically validated screening questionnaire to test what your likely level of depression may be. To ensure that the information shared in the
PHQ-9 questionnaire is accurate and useful, we have partnered with the National Alliance on Mental Illness on this announcement," Google said in a blog
post.
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