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Google is going to start asking people if they're depressed. Users in the US who are searching for clinical depression will now be able to take a quiz within the search results, which will suggest whether or not they have the condition. The company hopes that people can use the questionnaire to get help more quickly and to improve their quality of life, it said. Noting that clinical depression is incredibly common – around one in five Americans will experience it – and that people often wait for years to get help, it said that it would add a screening questionnaire that would give people more practical help if it thinks they are searching to find out whether or not they have the condition. The clinically validated questions, known as PHQ-9, can help identify the levels of depressive symptoms a person has and will pop up just from the search result. People will be able to tap on a button that says "Check if you're clinically depressed" and then directed towards a quiz, which makes clear that the answers will be kept entire private. "We hope that by making this information available on Google, more people will become aware of depression and seek treatment to recover and improve their quality of life," Google wrote in its blog post announcing the new feature. |