Publisher: Cited in, Farnbach et al. 2019; Hackett et al., 2016; Janca, & Lyons, 2012.
Purpose
The tool is designed to be used in a number of different settings. It is based on the Aboriginal holistic view of health and covers 10 culturally relevant physical and mental health domains including general feeling, physical health, mood, suicide risk/self-harm, substance use, memory, unusual experiences, functioning, contributing factors and resilience.
Additional Information
The original (PHQ-9) questionnaire asks:
- Over the last two weeks, how often have you been bothered by any of the following problems: Little interest or pleasure in doing things?
- Feeling down, depressed or hopeless
The adapted (aPHQ-9) tool instead asks:
- Over the last two weeks have you been feeling slack, not wanted to do anything?
- Have you been feeling unhappy, depressed, really no good, that your spirit was sad?
