Depression

Question 1

What are the emotional characteristics of depression?

Answer 1

Depression involves emotional symptoms such as low self-esteem, apathy or insomnia. It involves feelings of emptiness, worthlessness and anger towards oneself of others.

Question 2

What are the behavioural characteristics of depression?

Answer 2

Depression involves behavioural characteristics such as lethargy and fatigue, social impairment and weight loss or increase. Insomnia or oversleeping may be present.

Question 3

What are the cognitive characteristics of depression?

Answer 3

Depression involves negative irrational cognitive patterns of the self and world. Expectations of bad outcomes that become self-fulfilling; lack of concentration and indecisiveness. Poor memory and suicidal thoughts.