Depression

Dimension 914 of 1,100 · Health Lens

Excitement Index

0.0472

Depression measures the presence and severity of depressive experience as expressed through diminished interest or pleasure, hopelessness, psychomotor change, impaired concentration, appetite change, and related distress. It encompasses both broad depressive symptoms and the specific anhedonic loss of engagement that becomes especially prominent at higher levels.

evidence final name · Interest Loss

Bands

Minimal Depression

Expressions activating this band show little clear depressive content or only diffuse, incidental mention of sadness, anxiety, death-related thoughts, or interpersonal strain without a coherent depressive syndrome.

Mild Depression

Expressions activating this band reflect recognizable depressive disturbance, including hopelessness, irritability, psychomotor change, intrusive distress, or emerging loss of interest, but the presentation remains mixed rather than centered on sustained disengagement.

Moderate Depression

Expressions activating this band center on clear depressive symptoms marked by little interest or pleasure, withdrawal from usual activities, reduced concentration, and appetite loss.

Severe Depression

Expressions activating this band show pronounced depressive experience dominated by pervasive loss of interest in usual activities, including sexual interest, along with concentration and appetite disturbance.

Evidence summary

Candidate names

Interest Loss1.00

Lost0.50

Bothered0.50

Sentence counts by range

B-5..B-275,464

B-1..B54,897,836

B6..B118,530

B12..B1813

Dataset representation

01__health_reviews__druglib__benefits_effectiveness54

03__fact_checking__liar__truth_ordinal55

05__whole_disney_dataset__rating54

06__text_reviews__acl_imdb__binary_sentiment61

07__emotion_labels__goemotions_reddit__multilabel74

08__dialogue_emotion__empathetic_dialogues__context58

10__social_media_sentiment__sentiment140__binary86

11__consumer_complaints__response_explanation_vs_relief80

Anchor definitions

Minimal Interest Loss

Minimal Interest Loss: Content characterized by open, think, custer, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect interest loss at this level.

Moderate Interest Loss

Moderate Interest Loss: Content characterized by most, good, interest, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect interest loss at this level.

Intense Interest Loss

Intense Interest Loss: Content characterized by loss, interest, lost, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect interest loss at this level.

Peak Interest Loss

Peak Interest Loss: Content characterized by loss, interest, lost, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect interest loss at this level.