Depressed Mood
Dimension 379 of 1,100 · Health Lens
Depressed Mood measures the presence and intensity of sad, downhearted, hopeless, and discouraged emotional experience. It encompasses persistent low mood, feeling blue, crying, bleakness, and related negative self-appraisal.
evidence final name · Blues Blue
Minimal Depressed Mood
Expressions activating this band show little to no clear depressed affect, with content that is neutral, mixed, or only indirectly related to sadness and discouragement. Any low mood cues are sparse, brief, or embedded in broader unrelated reflection.
Mild Depressed Mood
Expressions activating this band convey noticeable sadness, hopelessness, tearfulness, worry, or self-critical feeling states. The mood disturbance is present and recognizable, often appearing as discouragement or emotional heaviness.
Moderate Depressed Mood
Expressions activating this band center on sustained feeling blue, bleakness, inability to shake sadness, and reduced positive emotional range. Depressed mood appears as a recurring emotional climate rather than an isolated moment.
Severe Depressed Mood
Expressions activating this band describe frequent or pervasive downheartedness, being down in the dumps, bad mood, and repeated depressed feeling. The sadness is direct, prominent, and experienced as an enduring state.
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Minimal Blues Blue: Content characterized by sick, stick, truth, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect blues blue at this level.
Moderate Blues Blue: Content characterized by boy, hours, beat, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect blues blue at this level.
Intense Blues Blue: Content characterized by blues, races, monday, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect blues blue at this level.
Peak Blues Blue: Content characterized by blue, entirely, forget, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect blues blue at this level.