Depressed Mood
Dimension 130 of 1,100 · Health Lens
Depressed Mood measures the presence and intensity of sadness, low spirits, and inability to feel cheered or emotionally lifted. It encompasses expressions of feeling blue, persistent unhappiness, and discouragement that can include loss of energy or a sense of giving up.
evidence final name · Sadness Depression
Absent Depressed Mood
Expressions activating this band do not show a clear depressed emotional state and are largely unrelated, administrative, or fragmentary in content.
Mild Depressed Mood
Expressions activating this band show diffuse or indirect signs of sadness, unhappiness, or reduced emotional control, sometimes mixed with unrelated material. The depressed state is present as a general negative tone rather than a sustained, clearly elaborated low mood.
Moderate Depressed Mood
Expressions activating this band describe persistent sadness, low spirits, and reduced capacity for pleasure or motivation. The mood state is clearly felt and may include feeling unable to get going or wanting to give up.
High Depressed Mood
Expressions activating this band convey a distinctly downhearted, blue, or lonely emotional state with little sense of relief. The mood is experienced as emotionally heavy and difficult to shake or cheer up.
Severe Depressed Mood
Expressions activating this band present depressed feeling in a direct, concentrated form, centered on explicitly feeling blue. The emotional state is stated plainly as an active experience rather than a passing reaction.
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Minimal Sadness Depression: Expressions show no meaningful sadness depression content. The proxy is effectively absent. Expressions activating this band are unrelated to sadness depression.
Emerging Sadness Depression: Sadness depression is experienced here at a level consistent with formal clinical assessment and disorder-relevant measurement. This is the first band where sadness depression becomes detectable. Expressions activating this band likely reflect sadness depression at a clinical or disorder-relevant level.
Elevated Sadness Depression: Sadness depression is experienced here at a level consistent with formal clinical assessment and disorder-relevant measurement. Compared to the band below, sadness depression is more intense and concentrated but retains the same essential character. Expressions activating this band likely reflect sadness depression at a clinical or disorder-relevant level.
Severe Sadness Depression: Sadness depression is experienced here at a level consistent with formal clinical assessment and disorder-relevant measurement. Compared to the band below, sadness depression is more intense and concentrated but retains the same essential character. Expressions activating this band likely reflect sadness depression at a clinical or disorder-relevant level.