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| Rate Your Risk for Depression Depression affects people differently. Some people cry a lot and feel sad. Others seem angry, irritable, or anxious. For others, depression shows itself in vague physical problems like constipation, muscle aches, headaches. Take a minute to think about how you have felt over the past two weeks. Which of these statements describe you? -
I feel sad or down most of the time.
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I've lost interest in the activities I used to enjoy.
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I feel tired almost every day.
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I have problems sleeping. I'm either sleeping too much or staying awake at night.
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My appetite has changed. I'm not eating enough, or I'm eating too much.
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I have trouble concentrating.
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My friends say I'm acting different. I'm either anxious and restless or lethargic.
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I feel worthless or hopeless.
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I'm having frequent headaches, stomach problems, muscle pain, or back problems.
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I find myself thinking a lot about dying. Take this quiz to rate your risk. Click the quiz button to take this quiz and check your depression rating!
SOURCES: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: Screening for Depression: Recommendations and Rationale. Ann Intern Med. 2002;136(10):760-764. Radloff LS. The CES-D Scale: a self-report depression scale for research in the general population. Appl Psychol Meas. 1977; 1:385-401. Copyright © 1977, West Publishing Company/Applied Psychological Measurement, Inc. Reproduced by permission. Eva Ritvo, MD, associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and chair of psychiatry and behavioral medicine at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach. This tool does not provide medical advice. © 2007 WebMD, Inc. All rights reserved. | 
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my results Rate Your Risk for Depression Your Results Lower Risk You may be at risk for major depression. * If you have recurring thoughts of death or suicide, call your doctor or any qualified health care provider right away. If you need immediate assistance or think you may have a medical emergency, call 911. Here are additional crisis resources if you need them. You replied that you are feeling four or fewer of the common symptoms of depression. In general, people experiencing depression have five or more common symptoms of the condition. But every individual is unique. If you are concerned about depression, talk with your doctor. Depression shows up in many different ways. People often lose interest in favorite activities and feel sad or hopeless. They may also have sleep problems, gain or lose weight, feel irritable or angry, or be in physical pain for unexplained reasons. Feeling guilty, anxious, or having difficulty concentrating are also common signs of depression. Fortunately, there are many ways to treat depression, and more than 80% of people treated for depression improve within a year. Higher Risk You may be at risk for major depression. * If you have recurring thoughts of death or suicide, call your doctor or any qualified health care provider right away. If you need immediate assistance or think you may have a medical emergency, call 911. Here are additional crisis resources if you need them. You replied that you are feeling five or more of the common symptoms of depression. Feeling five or more of these symptoms in the same two-week period indicates that you may be at risk for major depression. Talk with your doctor. Depression shows up in many different ways. People often lose interest in favorite activities, have sleep problems, gain or lose weight, feel irritable or angry, or are in physical pain for unexplained reasons. Feeling guilty, anxious, or having difficulty concentrating are also common signs of depression. Fortunately, there are many ways to treat depression, and more than 80% of people treated for depression improve within a year. For more information, see |
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My Results (now that I finally got the errors out of this article!)
Higher Risk You may be at risk for major depression. * If you have recurring thoughts of death or suicide, call your doctor or any qualified health care provider right away. If you need immediate assistance or think you may have a medical emergency, call 911. Here are additional crisis resources if you need them. You replied that you are feeling five or more of the common symptoms of depression. Feeling five or more of these symptoms in the same two-week period indicates that you may be at risk for major depression. Talk with your doctor. Depression shows up in many different ways. People often lose interest in favorite activities, have sleep problems, gain or lose weight, feel irritable or angry, or are in physical pain for unexplained reasons. Feeling guilty, anxious, or having difficulty concentrating are also common signs of depression. Fortunately, there are many ways to treat depression, and more than 80% of people treated for depression improve within a year. For more information, see |
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Hi Ed, I am looking for interesting things and came across this little ditty. I thought it would be a nice tool to add here. I keep ending up with the errors though because in the html the label looks like table to me so I thought it was okay. But I finally got the glitches out! I wish these boards were like other ones with edit as a selection instead of having to delete and repost the messages. I am trying to decide what exactly were your results? Lower or Higher Risk? Did you get both results when you took the test? Does that mean you are borderline? Love, Summer  |
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