Depression

Dimension 728 of 1,100 · Health Lens

Excitement Index

0.0528

Depression measures the presence and salience of depressed mood and related depressive experience in an expression. It encompasses sadness, loss of enjoyment, functional burden, recognition of depression as a problem, and references to diagnosis or treatment.

evidence final name · Depressed Depression

Bands

Minimal Depression

Expressions activating this band show little to no depressive content, with only faint floor-level cues such as preserved enjoyment or minimal mention of mood-related experience.

Mild Depression

Expressions activating this band indicate early or limited depressive experience, such as sadness, effortfulness, reduced enjoyment, thoughts that life may not be worth living, or general mention of anxiety and emotional difficulty.

Moderate Depression

Expressions activating this band clearly identify depressed mood or depression as a present concern, often with mention of interference in daily functioning, treatment, antidepressant use, or mental health history.

Marked Depression

Expressions activating this band present depression as a prominent and recurring problem, with direct references to depressed mood, frequent unhappiness, bothersome symptoms, episodes, or established depressive conditions.

Severe Depression

Expressions activating this band portray depression as explicit, consequential, and clinically recognized, including being affected by depression, receiving a diagnosis, or needing help to cope with it.

Evidence summary

Candidate names

Depressed Depression1.00

Are0.50

Affected0.50

Sentence counts by range

B-5..B-4114

B-3..B34,951,473

B4..B728,788

B8..B141,294

B15..B21174

Dataset representation

01__health_reviews__druglib__benefits_effectiveness99

03__fact_checking__liar__truth_ordinal33

05__whole_disney_dataset__rating42

06__text_reviews__acl_imdb__binary_sentiment66

07__emotion_labels__goemotions_reddit__multilabel61

08__dialogue_emotion__empathetic_dialogues__context71

10__social_media_sentiment__sentiment140__binary105

11__consumer_complaints__response_explanation_vs_relief55

Anchor definitions

Minimal Depressed Depression

Minimal Depressed Depression: Content characterized by enjoy, still, balance, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect depressed depression at this level.

Emerging Depressed Depression

Emerging Depressed Depression: Content characterized by depressed, depression, psychiatrist, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect depressed depression at this level.

Elevated Depressed Depression

Elevated Depressed Depression: Content characterized by depressed, serotonin, are, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect depressed depression at this level.

Severe Depressed Depression

Severe Depressed Depression: Content characterized by depression, depressed, are, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect depressed depression at this level.