Depression

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After reading about the guilt of some punters I decided to post this.


Formal Definition of Depression


The following criteria are taken from the DSM-IV, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 4th edition, published by the American Psychiatric Association, 1994.

For your convenience, a general listing of signs and symptoms of depression, the translated version, follows the formal diagnostic criteria, for ease in interpreting the symptoms.

For a diagnosis of a major depression:

1. At least 5 of the following symptoms.
2. These symptoms must be present during the same 2 week period.
3. These symptoms must represent a change from a previous level of functioning.

o Depressed mood, nearly every day during most of the day.
o Marked diminished interest or pleasure in almost all activities.
o Significant weight loss (when not dieting), weight gain, or a change in appetite.
o Insomnia or hypersomnia (excess sleep).
o Psychomotor agitation or psychomotor retardation.
o Fatigue or loss of energy.
o Feelings of worthlessness or inappropriate guilt.
o Impaired ability to concentrate or indecisiveness
o Recurrent thoughts of death, recurrent suicidal

Signs and Symptoms - General Terms

* Loss of interest in formerly pleasurable activities
* Dissatisfaction with life
* Withdrawal from social activities
* Loss of energy
* Feeling useless or hopeless
* Irritability
* Great concern with health problems
* Sadness or crying
* Worry and/or self-criticism
* Difficulty concentrating and/or making decisions
* Loss of appetite and weight

Psychological symptoms: Feelings, thoughts and behaviors

* Feeling sad, blue, depressed, or hopeless most of the day.
* Greatly reduced interest or pleasure in all or almost all activities; inability to think of anything that would be enjoyable to do (health permitting)
* Feelings of excessive guilt, or a feeling that one is a worthless person.
* Slowed or agitated movements (not in response to pain or discomfort)
* Recurrent thoughts of dying or of ending one's own life, with or without a specific plan.

Physical or "Somatic" Symptoms

* Significant, unintentional weight loss and decrease in appetite; or, less commonly, weight gain and increased in appetite.
* Insomnia or excessive sleeping
* Fatigue and loss of energy
* A diminished ability to think, concentrate, or make decisions
* Physical symptoms of anxiety, including dry mouth, cramps, diarrhea, and sweating, ideation, or suicide attempt or plan.


Deprssion test

http://www.stillminds.com/depression-checklist.php

I got a 68 .5 %

Now wheres EXP I might join him on teh roff of the Clarion lol