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Depression Research

You are invited to participate in a research study to further develop and validate a short screening tool for depression in a general sample.

Depression is a common mental illness worldwide and in chronic illnesses such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes. People with depression have an increased risk of developing a chronic illness and those people with depression and a chronic illness are less likely to take medications and have a higher mortality rate. However, despite the debilitating effects of depression, health care professionals fail to recognise depression in half their patients. Psychological scales have been developed to help detect depression in patients with chronic illness; however there is still a need for a quick depression screening tool to use in general medical settings. This current research project aims to further develop and validate a short screening tool for depression in a general sample. The information obtained from the study could be beneficial in the area of assessment of depression in general settings.

Survey

Instructions

Please select the survey link that corresponds with the current month of the year. Then download, complete, and return the survey via the RMIT internal mail system. An address label is included at the end of the survey. The survey should only take 10 to 15 minutes in total to download and complete. Thank you for your participation.

Principle Investigator

Richard Davidge
Honours Research Student
School of Health Sciences
RMIT University

Supervisor

Dr Mirella Di Benedetto
Lecturer in Psychology and Health Psychologist
School of Health Sciences
RMIT University