Google launches an online depression check

Speakers: Nillah Nyakoa and Lu Sirui

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Now, people in the U.S searching for "depression" on Google will soon be prompted to take a questionnaire to assess if they may be suffering from the illness via a screening questionnaire. 

The company has teamed up with a mental illness group the National Alliance on Mental Illness to provide users with a test to check if they are depressed or mentally ill.

Google says those who click through from the search suggestion will see a "Knowledge Panel" which will give you an option to "check if you are clinically depressed".

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