Which commonly used assessment is a part of PRIME-MD?

• A. GAD-7
• B. MMPI
• C. PHQ
• D. BDI

Answer: (C)

PRIME-MD is designed for use in primary care to screen for the most common mental disorders and includes a patient questionnaire used for this purpose. The Patient Health Questionnaire is the component that sits inside PRIME-MD to screen for depression, making it the correct choice. It provides a quick, standardized way to gauge depressive symptoms and guide further evaluation in a primary care setting. The other tools are different instruments not embedded in PRIME-MD: GAD-7 screens for generalized anxiety disorder but isn’t part of PRIME-MD; the MMPI is a broad personality/psychopathology inventory not used within PRIME-MD; the Beck Depression Inventory is another depression measure but is not included in PRIME-MD.