Fast Five Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Depression?

At least five of the following symptoms have to have been present during the same 2-week period (and at least one of the symptoms must be diminished interest/pleasure or depressed mood):

• Depressed mood: For children and adolescents, this can also be an irritable mood

• Diminished interest or loss of pleasure in almost all activities (anhedonia)

• Significant weight change or appetite disturbance: For children, this can be failure to achieve expected weight gain

• Sleep disturbance (insomnia or hypersomnia)

• Psychomotor agitation or retardation

• Fatigue or loss of energy

• Feelings of worthlessness

• Diminished ability to think or concentrate; indecisiveness

• Recurrent thoughts of death, recurrent suicidal ideation without a specific plan, or a suicide attempt or specific plan for committing suicide

Agitation without external stimuli is one of the criteria for diagnosis of depressive episodes with catatonia.

For more on the presentation of major depressive disorder, read here.

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Cite this: Stephen Soreff. Fast Five Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Depression? - Medscape - Jan 20, 2016.