Depressive Distress
Dimension 322 of 1,100 · Health Lens
Depressive Distress measures the presence and intensity of depressed mood and related emotional and bodily symptoms, including sadness, crying, worthlessness, irritability, sleep disruption, and feeling downhearted. It encompasses expressions of low mood ranging from minimal or mixed indications to clear, sustained depressive suffering.
evidence final name · Crying Cry
Minimal Depressive Distress
Expressions activating this band show scattered, brief, or mixed indications of depressive distress, such as feeling sad, restless, terrified, or socially uneasy, without a clear, sustained depressive presentation.
Moderate Depressive Distress
Expressions activating this band show depressed mood with negative self-evaluation and emotional reactivity, including irritability, feeling bothered, feeling like a failure, or believing one is no good.
High Depressive Distress
Expressions activating this band show prominent depressive suffering marked by crying, feeling downhearted or blue, nervous shakiness, and notable sleep disturbance such as insomnia or sleeping much more than usual.
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Low Crying Cry: Content characterized by fidgety, navient, que, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect crying cry at this level.
Moderate Crying Cry: Content characterized by crying, cried, cry, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect crying cry at this level.
High Crying Cry: Content characterized by crying, spelling, spell, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect crying cry at this level.