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Use this form if you’ve got suggestions or questions about this website. Your email will be replied to during office hours. If you need to talk with the Depression Helpline, please use this email form – they’re available 24/7.

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If you need someone to talk to about the way you are feeling, the Depression Helpline is available 24/7. You can email them using this form.

This support is only available for people in Aotearoa New Zealand.

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We will get back to you as soon as we can, but if you need urgent help please call us free on 0800 111 757. If you are in an emergency situation please call 111 now.

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Depression test

1. How often have you been bothered by feeling down, depressed, irritable, or hopeless over the last two weeks?

2. How often have you been bothered that you have little interest or pleasure in doing things over the last two weeks?

3. How often have you been bothered by trouble falling asleep, staying asleep, or sleeping too much over the last two weeks?

4. How often have you been bothered that you have poor appetite, weight loss, or overeating over the last two weeks?

5. How often have you been bothered by feeling tired, or having little energy over the last two weeks?

6. How often have you been bothered by feeling bad about yourself – or feeling that you are a failure, or that you have let yourself or your family down over the last two weeks?

7. How often have you been bothered that you have trouble concentrating on things like school work, reading, or watching TV over the last two weeks?

8. How often have you been bothered by moving or speaking so slowly that other people could have noticed? Or the opposite – being so fidgety or restless that you were moving around a lot more than usual over the last two weeks?

9. How often have you been bothered by thoughts that you would be better off dead, or of hurting yourself in some way over the last two weeks?

If you need to talk about your test call the Depression Helpline on 0800 111 757. They are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

This support is only available for people in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Need to talk?

0800 111 757

Worried about
how you feel?

We'd like to hear from you

Use this form if you’ve got suggestions or questions about this website. Your email will be replied to during office hours. If you need to talk with the Depression Helpline, please use this email form – they’re available 24/7.

Thanks for getting in touch

Need someone to talk to?

If you need someone to talk to about the way you are feeling, the Depression Helpline is available 24/7. You can email them using this form.

Thanks for reaching out to us