Google will now ask if you’re depressed

[Guest Nicole]

Feeling blue? You can now ask Google for help.

The search giant wants people with depression to seek treatment and will prompt US users when they search for depression-related terms: “Check if you’re clinically depressed.”

Users will then be directed to a clinically validated questionnaire, called a PHQ-9, to measure their level of depression, Google explained on its blog. The questionnaire is not meant to replace a mental health professional.

Google — which partnered with the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) to create the self-evaluation — hopes the confidential survey will spur more people to broach the subject with their doctor.

Read more: http://nypost.com/2017/08/24/google-will-now-ask-if-youre-depressed/