Goldberg test may refer to any of various psychiatric tests used to assess
mental health
Mental health encompasses emotional, psychological, and social well-being, influencing cognition, perception, and behavior. It likewise determines how an individual handles stress, interpersonal relationships, and decision-making. Mental hea ...
in general or as
screening tools for specific mental disorders e.g.
depression or
bipolar disorder
Bipolar disorder, previously known as manic depression, is a mental disorder characterized by periods of depression and periods of abnormally elevated mood that last from days to weeks each. If the elevated mood is severe or associated with ...
.
Goldberg, after whom some psychiatric tests are named, might be one of two psychiatrists who share the same last name:
Ivan Goldberg, an American psychiatrist, and
Sir David Goldberg, a British psychiatrist. Psychiatric screening tests generally don't substitute getting help from professionals.
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Tests developed by Ivan K. Goldberg
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Goldberg Depression Test is an 18-question screening tool for depression.
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Goldberg Mania Scale is an 18-question screening test for
mania
Mania, also known as manic syndrome, is a mental and behavioral disorder defined as a state of abnormally elevated arousal, affect, and energy level, or "a state of heightened overall activation with enhanced affective expression together wit ...
.
Tests developed by Sir David Goldberg
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General Health Questionnaire
The General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) is a psychometric screening tool to identify common psychiatric conditions.
It has been translated and validated in at least two languages in addition to English, including Spanish and Persian. The latter use ...
or Goldberg Health Questionnaire (GHQ) developed in 1972 in its initial format as a 60-question test (GHQ-60) with a four-point scale for each question. It is used to measure the risk of developing psychiatric disorders. Other forms of GHQ are: GHQ-30, GHQ-28 and GHQ-12.
* Together with Simpson, they developed
Personal Health Questionnaire (PHQ) in 1995. It is a 10-question screening instrument for depression. It should not be confused with the 9-question ''
patient health questionnaire
The Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ) is a multiple-choice self-report inventory that is used as a screening and diagnostic tool for mental health disorders of depression, anxiety, alcohol, eating, and somatoform disorders. It is the self-repo ...
'' (PHQ-9) developed by Spitzer also to quantify the risk for depression.
Personal Health Questionnaire is sometimes abbreviated as PHQ-G to differentiate it from PHQ-9.
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Depression screening and assessment tools