Depressed Mood
Dimension 153 of 1,100 · Health Lens
Depressed Mood measures the extent to which an expression conveys sadness, misery, self-dislike, and difficulty feeling cheered or emotionally uplifted. It encompasses dysphoric emotional tone ranging from minimal or unclear presence to pervasive unhappiness and misery.
evidence final name · Edinburgh Postnatal Depression
Minimal Depressed Mood
Expressions activating this band contain little clear evidence of sadness or misery, or only diffuse, incidental, or ambiguous emotional content. The emotional state is not distinctly characterized by depressed feeling.
Mild Depressed Mood
Expressions activating this band convey recognizable sadness, discouragement, self-dislike, or inability to feel cheered, but in a relatively simple or episodic form. The mood disturbance is present as felt unhappiness rather than sustained misery.
Moderate Depressed Mood
Expressions activating this band center on clear unhappiness, sadness, or misery as an ongoing emotional state. The feeling is directly named and experienced as personally distressing.
High Depressed Mood
Expressions activating this band convey pronounced miserable or depressed feeling with a heavy, persistent emotional tone. The unhappiness is experienced as deeply felt and difficult to shake.
Severe Depressed Mood
Expressions activating this band present misery or unhappiness as the dominant emotional condition. The expression is saturated with dysphoric feeling and little sense of emotional relief.
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Minimal Edinburgh Postnatal Depression: Expressions show no meaningful edinburgh postnatal depression content. The proxy is effectively absent. Expressions activating this band are unrelated to edinburgh postnatal depression.
Emerging Edinburgh Postnatal Depression: Edinburgh postnatal depression is experienced here at a level consistent with formal clinical assessment and disorder-relevant measurement. This is the first band where edinburgh postnatal depression becomes detectable. Expressions activating this band likely reflect edinburgh postnatal depression at a clinical or disorder-relevant level.
Elevated Edinburgh Postnatal Depression: Edinburgh postnatal depression is experienced here at a level consistent with formal clinical assessment and disorder-relevant measurement. Compared to the band below, edinburgh postnatal depression is more intense and concentrated but retains the same essential character. Expressions activating this band likely reflect edinburgh postnatal depression at a clinical or disorder-relevant level.
Severe Edinburgh Postnatal Depression: Edinburgh postnatal depression is present here in a general or mixed form without a single dominant facet. Unlike the band below, where edinburgh postnatal depression was characterized by the clinical form, the proxy here has shifted in character. The facets that dominated at lower levels have receded. Expressions activating this band may reflect general or diffuse edinburgh postnatal depression.