ychiatrist as a quick-and-dirty self-assessment tool for persons attempting to better understand their emotional health. However!: It is important to remember that this is only a quick test for symptoms, and does not replace the diagnosis made by a face-to-face conversation with a trained and registered mental health professional. If you score above the threshold on the Goldberg Test below, or — whatever your results — you suspect you may be suffering from depression, you owe it to yourself to speak with a professional. The 18 questions below refer to how you have felt and behaved during the past week. For each question, indicate the extent to which it is true, by choosing the appropriate answer that best described your mood.