Question

During the course of a physical exam, a physician suspects his patient may be depressed. In order to explore this diagnostic possibility, the physician uses a "brief screening device" for depression. The doctor probably:

Answer 1

Answer: asked the patient two questions about feelings of hopelessness and feelings related to the enjoyment of activities

Explanation:

Hopelessness is an emotional context featured by a lack of hope, passion, and optism. It is expressed as a symptom of varying behavioral and mental health problems, including depression, bipolar, anxiety, eating disorders and among others.

In the other hand, the test on feelings related to enjoyment was done to evaluate the the emotions of pleasure from the individual’s engagements.

However, the physician carried out the two tests on his patient to know whether he's depressed or not.