RISK of depression is high so what symptoms should be looked for and what scales shall be applied for is presented in a crisp way

1. Corona Lockdown : Check Your
Depression
Dr. Shashi bhushan kumar gupta

2. TOPICS
• Symptoms of depression
• Rating scales

3. Symptoms of depression
• Affective symptoms
– Sadness
– uncontrollable crying
– guilty feeling
– Shame
– Anger
– Anxiety

4. • Motivational symptoms
– ↓ Activity/ Avoidance of activity
– Increased dependency

5. • Cognitive symptoms
– Indeceiveness
– hopeless
– helpless
– worthless( self criticism)
– difficulty in concentration/ memory

6. • Behavioural symptoms
– passivity/ avoidance
– impaired coping with practical problems
– social skill deficiets

7. • Psychological symptoms
– sleep disturbance
– apetite and
– sexual disturbance

8. RATING SCALES
• Hamilton depressive rating scale
• Beck depression inventory
• Hopelessness scale
• Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating
Scale
• Patient Health Questionnaire

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