Self-Screening: Goldberg's Depression Questionnaire

This test is comprised of 18 questions related to your emotional, physical, and intellectual well-being.
It was designed by Dr. Ivan K. Goldberg, a prominent New York psychiatrist as a quick-and-dirty self-assessment tool for persons attempting to better understand their emotional health.
However!: It is important to remember that this is only a quick test for symptoms, and does not replace the diagnosis made by a face-to-face conversation with a trained and licensed mental health professional.
If you score above the threshold on the Goldberg Test below, or — whatever your results — you suspect you may be suffering from depression, you owe it to yourself to speak with a professional.

​Answer each of the 18 items below about how you have felt and behaved during the past week. Be honest for the most accurate result.

1. I do things slowly.
      0  Not at all
      1  Just a little
      2  Somewhat
      3  Moderately
      4  Quite a lot
      5  Very much
2. My future seems hopeless.
      0  Not at all
      1  Just a little
      2  Somewhat
      3  Moderately
      4  Quite a lot
      5  Very much
3. It is hard for me to concentrate on reading.
      0  Not at all
      1  Just a little
      2  Somewhat
      3  Moderately
      4  Quite a lot
      5  Very much
4. The pleasure and joy has gone out of my life.
      0  Not at all
      1  Just a little
      2  Somewhat
      3  Moderately
      4  Quite a lot
      5  Very much
5. I have difficulty making decisions.
      0  Not at all
      1  Just a little
      2  Somewhat
      3  Moderately
      4  Quite a lot
      5  Very much
6. I have lost interest in aspects of my life that used to be important to me.
      0  Not at all
      1  Just a little
      2  Somewhat
      3  Moderately
      4  Quite a lot
      5  Very much

7. I feel sad, blue, and unhappy.
      0  Not at all
      1  Just a little
      2  Somewhat
      3  Moderately
      4  Quite a lot
      5  Very much
8. I am agitated and keep moving around.
      0  Not at all
      1  Just a little
      2  Somewhat
      3  Moderately
      4  Quite a lot
      5  Very much
9. I feel fatigued.
      0  Not at all
      1  Just a little
      2  Somewhat
      3  Moderately
      4  Quite a lot
      5  Very much
10. It takes great effort for me to do simple things.
      0  Not at all
      1  Just a little
      2  Somewhat
      3  Moderately
      4  Quite a lot
      5  Very much
11. I feel that I am a guilty person who deserves to be punished.
      0  Not at all
      1  Just a little
      2  Somewhat
      3  Moderately
      4  Quite a lot
      5  Very much
12. I feel like a failure.
      0  Not at all
      1  Just a little
      2  Somewhat
      3  Moderately
      4  Quite a lot
      5  Very much

13. I feel lifeless more dead than alive.
      0  Not at all
      1  Just a little
      2  Somewhat
      3  Moderately
      4  Quite a lot
      5  Very much
14. I’m getting too much, too little or not enough restful sleep.
      0  Not at all
      1  Just a little
      2  Somewhat
      3  Moderately
      4  Quite a lot
      5  Very much
15. I spend time thinking about HOW I might kill myself.
      0  Not at all
      1  Just a little
      2  Somewhat
      3  Moderately
      4  Quite a lot
      5  Very much
16. I feel trapped or caught.
      0  Not at all
      1  Just a little
      2  Somewhat
      3  Moderately
      4  Quite a lot
      5  Very much
17. I feel depressed even when good things happen to me.
      0  Not at all
      1  Just a little
      2  Somewhat
      3  Moderately
      4  Quite a lot
      5  Very much
18. Without trying to diet, I have lost or gained weight.
      0  Not at all
      1  Just a little
      2  Somewhat
      3  Moderately
      4  Quite a lot
      5  Very much

Scoring:

• If your score was less than 9 then depression is not indicated.
• Between 10 and 17 - Possibly Mildly Depressed
• Between 18 and 21 - Mild Depression Symptoms
• Between 22 and 35 - Mild to Moderate Depression Symptoms
  
• Between 36 and 53 - Moderate to Severe Depression
  
• Over 54 - Severe Depression
  

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Depression Resources

Code 4 Northwest
(425) 243-5092

Immediate Help is Available. Code 4 Northwest is an entirely volunteer-run, free and confidential crisis response and referral network for Washington State active and retired first responders, EMS, corrections, civilian support personnel, and their families. If you're struggling with depression, a volunteer is waiting on the phone line.

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Everyone Goes Home: Depression

Search query results for depression on the Everyone Goes Home website, a website dedicated to the 16 Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives..

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Everyone Goes Home: Stress

Search query results for depression on the Everyone Goes Home website, a website dedicated to the 16 Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives.

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Counselors Who Can Help

If you are in crisis right now, please use one of the resources listed in the footer of this page.

Heidi Monuteaux, LHCP
heidi@befreecounseling.com
www.befreecounseling.com
(206) 304-3345

Heidi is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC), Certified Sex Addiction Therapist (CSAT) and Attachment Focused EMDR therapist at BeFree Counseling in Bellevue and Renton. She works with children, teens, adults and couples who struggle with a wide variety of concerns. She specializes in treating women who are impacted by their partner's sexual compulsive behaviors and those who are experiencing negative consequences of their own compulsive sexual behaviors.  
Heidi has been working with families in some capacity for over 20 years as a coach, mentor, teacher and mental health counselor. She has extensive experience providing therapeutic services to children, adolescents, and families both within community health and school-based settings. She has experience working in an in-patient medical setting working with adults that have complex medical and behavioral issues. In addition, her father and grandfather were both first responders and she is passionate about helping individuals and families navigate the challenges of this work.

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Justin Monuteaux, MA, MBA, LMHC, CSAT  
justin@befreecounseling.com
www.befreecounseling.com
(206) 304-7678​

Justin is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) and Certified Sex Addiction Therapist (CSAT) Candidate at BeFree Counseling in Bellevue and Renton who specializes in working with couples, men and adolescent boys who have been impacted by compulsive sexual behaviors. In addition, he works with a wide variety of issues including: Infidelity, Trauma, Anger, Anxiety, Depression, Alcohol & Drug use, Premarital counseling, Communication/Conflict Resolution in relationships, Life Transitions, and Spiritual Concerns.
Justin has extensive experience working with first responders, couples and families as well as at-risk and incarcerated youth. His experience spans 20 years of work as a therapist, mentor and teacher. Justin married into a law enforcement family almost 20 years ago and is passionate about helping first responders deal with the unique challenges of the important work they do every day.

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Dr. Maureen Pierce
www.firstresponderps.com

"Dr. Maureen Pierce is a licensed psychologist in private practice in Des Moines, Washington specializing in providing treatment to first responders... She presently works with a number of South King, City of Seattle, and Pierce County paramedics, firefighters, police officers, and troopers... Dr. Pierce’s clinical work is focused on treating posttraumatic stress disorder and chronic pain, especially in the first responder community. Dr. Pierce has a specialty in utilizing Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) a type of evidence based treatment for trauma. Dr. Pierce was a pain psychologist at Swedish Pain and Headache Center for 6.5 years and continues to be on medical staff at Swedish..."

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Sandy Tudor, LHCP
www.sandytudor.com
​(206) 914-0426

"I recently retired from a 20+ year career as a police officer, detective, and lieutenant.  I have a deep desire to assist police officers, fire-fighters, nurses, other first responders, public safety personnel, military heros, andtheir families to overcome the cumulative trauma that they experience... Being a first-responder is a tough job that only a few are courageous enough to face every day.  The experiences can leave wounds that bleed over into our personal and professional lives...  Counseling is an effective way to treat these types of injuries."

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Stepstone Connect

Stepstone Connect is an organization based out of Utah connected to Dear Hollow.  Dear Hollow is geared around working with first responders and treating everything from post-traumatic stress to addictions.  Stepstone is a an alternative form of counseling, it is all done via video conferencing.  You don’t have to drive to an office and you don’t have to sit in a waiting room hoping to not be recognized.  You don’t have to figure out what day of the week you can go that fits in with your shift schedule and your family schedule.  You meet with a counselor on-line, they work around your shift work schedule, they can connect you with a specialist who just might happen to be in Florida but they are the best in the business with what you are dealing with. And they take insurance.

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