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American Service Animals | ESA Letters (Official Site)

Understand how an individual ESA evaluation works with American Service Animals, what to prepare and how clinical documentation relates to housing questions.

ASA Editorial Team Nov 07, 2026

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ESA Letters in Alabama: Clinical Review and Housing Questions

Explore Alabama ESA evaluations with American Service Animals, including clinical review, housing distinctions and the important limits of current HUD guidance.

ASA Editorial Team Nov 07, 2026

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Depression Screening (PHQ-9)

1Little interest or pleasure in doing things

2Feeling down, depressed, or hopeless

3Trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleeping too much

4Feeling tired or having little energy

5Poor appetite or overeating

6Feeling bad about yourself or that you are a failure or have let yourself or your family down

7Trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching television

8Moving or speaking so slowly that other people could have noticed. Or the opposite being so fidgety or restless that you have been moving around a lot more than usual

9Thoughts that you would be better off dead, or of hurting yourself

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Anxiety Screening (GAD-7)

1Feeling nervous, anxious, or on edge

2Not being able to stop or control worrying

3Worrying too much about different things

4Trouble relaxing

5Being so restless that it is hard to sit still

6Becoming easily annoyed or irritable

7Feeling afraid, as if something awful might happen

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