Mood Disorder : Depression

DEPRESSION

D - doubts self,difficulty making decisions
E - empty feeling
P - passismistic,persistent sadness,psychomotor retardation
R - report vague pains
E - energy gone
S - suicidal thought and impulses
S - sleep disturbance
I - irritibality,inability to concetrate
O - opressive guilty
N - "nothing can help" (hopelessness)

Reality check on Depression

What people with depression have to say

1. "when i'm depressed,i really don't think very much.I feel sad,lonely and detached"
2. "the color,flavor and spark of life are extinguished"
3. everywhere is another reason for me to feel sadness and regret.I'm so sensitive.Every little things make me feel sad.I do well on feeling bad and what i should have done
4. "i feel like i'm in the deep dark hole and can't even try to geet out"
5. "everything worth living for goes out of focus"
6. "i've been to tired to chew"
7. "people can be overstimulating especially when they are cheerful"
8. "people want me to do things that i should really want to do.I just can't get the motivation for it,and it makes me feel guilty"
9. "my arms and legs might as well be trees,they are so heavy"
10. "my soulf left and was replaced the lead"
11. "i am failure in every sense of the word"
12. "if i don't feel like living,why would anyone else want me to?"

Geriatric Depression Scale (Short Form)

1. are you basically satisfied with your life? yes/no
2. have you dropped many of your activities and interests? yes/no
3. do you feel that your life empty? yes/no
4. do you often get bored? yes/no
5. are you in good spirit in most of time? yes/no
6. are you afraid that something bad is going happen to you? yes/no
7. do you feel happy most of the time? yes/no
8. do you prefer to stay at home rather than going out and doing new things? yes/no
9. do you often feel helpless? yes/no
10. do you think you have more problems with memory than most? yes/no
11. do you think it is wonderful to be alive? yes/no
12. do you feel pretty worthless the way you are now? yes/no
13. do you feel full of energy? yes/no
14. do you feel taht your situation is hopeless? yes/no
15. do you feel that most people are better off than you are? yes/no

Scoring : YES respon is depressed except numbers 1,5,7,11,13,in which NO respon is depressed.A score of % or more indicates DEPRESSION

Note : Sheikh,J.I & Yesavage,J.A (1986),Geriatric Depression Scale