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The PHQ-9 performs well as a brief screener for PSD with operating characteristics similar or superior to other depression measures and similar to its characteristics in a primary care population. Moreover, PHQ-9 scores discriminate equally well between those with and without PSD regardless of age, gender, or ethnicity.
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