Depressive Symptoms

Dimension 772 of 1,100 · Health Lens

Excitement Index

0.0519

Depressive Symptoms measures the presence and severity of depressed mood and related changes in energy, sleep, concentration, irritability, activity, and everyday functioning. It encompasses expressions of low mood, reduced vitality, withdrawal from usual behavior, and somatic slowing or fatigue.

evidence final name · Face Mouth

Bands

Minimal Depressive Symptoms

Expressions activating this band show little to no clear depressive content and instead center on ordinary relationship behavior, daily activities, or general reflection. When depressive content appears, it is faint, indirect, or not sustained as a defining feature of the expression.

Mild Depressive Symptoms

Expressions activating this band show early depressive features such as low energy, slowed behavior, difficulty concentrating, or subdued pain-related distress. The presentation is noticeable but limited, with impairment implied more by reduced vitality than by pervasive low mood.

Moderate Depressive Symptoms

Expressions activating this band show clear depressed mood or irritability together with sleep disturbance, reduced positive affect, and disruption of usual activities. The expression conveys an emotionally and behaviorally evident depressive state.

Severe Depressive Symptoms

Expressions activating this band show pronounced fatigue, hypersomnia or difficulty rising, reduced appetite, increased conflict, diminished engagement in normal activities, and broader health-related decline. The depressive state is pervasive and functionally impairing across daily life.

Evidence summary

Candidate names

Face Mouth1.00

Look0.50

Open0.50

Sentence counts by range

B-8..B-433,718

B-3..B34,931,426

B4..B716,578

B8..B14121

Dataset representation

01__health_reviews__druglib__benefits_effectiveness49

03__fact_checking__liar__truth_ordinal54

05__whole_disney_dataset__rating73

06__text_reviews__acl_imdb__binary_sentiment81

07__emotion_labels__goemotions_reddit__multilabel76

08__dialogue_emotion__empathetic_dialogues__context67

10__social_media_sentiment__sentiment140__binary90

11__consumer_complaints__response_explanation_vs_relief62

Anchor definitions

Minimal Face Mouth

Minimal Face Mouth: Content characterized by forgetting, case, business, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect face mouth at this level.

Moderate Face Mouth

Moderate Face Mouth: Content characterized by memory, several, around, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect face mouth at this level.

Intense Face Mouth

Intense Face Mouth: Content characterized by redness, halloween, face, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect face mouth at this level.

Peak Face Mouth

Peak Face Mouth: Content characterized by open, mouth, red, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect face mouth at this level.