Depressed Mood
Dimension 500 of 1,100 · Health Lens
Depressed Mood measures the presence and intensity of dysphoric, hopeless, and discouraged emotional experience. It encompasses feeling down, overwhelmed, pessimistic, and unable to expect improvement, along with related reductions in positive feeling.
evidence final name · Satisfaction Third
Minimal Depressed Mood
Expressions activating this band describe occasional or context-bound discouragement, bleakness, or feeling that things are not going right, without a stable or strongly generalized depressed state.
Mild Depressed Mood
Expressions activating this band describe recurrent feeling down, bothered, or pessimistic, often framed as being worse than usual or worse than other people, with a sense that circumstances may not improve.
Moderate Depressed Mood
Expressions activating this band describe clearly present negative affect across the day, including sadness, stress, worry, anger, and reduced enjoyment, happiness, restfulness, or laughter.
Severe Depressed Mood
Expressions activating this band describe pervasive and intense despair, awfulness, and strongly negative appraisal, with emotional suffering experienced as overwhelming and deeply entrenched.
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Minimal Satisfaction Third: Satisfaction third is present at a low level. Expressions activating this band reflect early or diffuse satisfaction third.
Moderate Satisfaction Third: Satisfaction third is experienced here as physiological and somatic distress, reflecting embodied arousal and clinical-grade symptom intensity. Unlike the band below, where satisfaction third was characterized by a general form, the proxy here has shifted in character. The facets that dominated at lower levels have receded. Expressions activating this band likely reflect physiological and embodied satisfaction third.
Intense Satisfaction Third: Satisfaction third is experienced here at a level consistent with formal clinical assessment and disorder-relevant measurement. Unlike the band below, where satisfaction third was characterized by the somatic and physiological form, the proxy here has shifted in character. The facets that dominated at lower levels have receded. Expressions activating this band likely reflect satisfaction third at a clinical or disorder-relevant level.
Peak Satisfaction Third: Satisfaction third is experienced here at a level consistent with formal clinical assessment and disorder-relevant measurement. Compared to the band below, satisfaction third is more intense and concentrated but retains the same essential character. Expressions activating this band likely reflect satisfaction third at a clinical or disorder-relevant level.