DEPRESSION
Five (or more ) of the following symptoms have been present during the same 2-week period and represent a change from previous functioning; at least one of the symptoms is either (1) Depressed mood (2) Loss of interest or pleasure.
( 1) Depressed mood most of the day nearly every day, as indicated by either subjective report (e.g., feels sad, empty, hopeless) or observation made by others (e.g., appears tearful).
(2) Markedly diminished intereset or pleasure in all, or almost all, activities most of the day, nearly every day (as indicated by either subjective account or observation).
(3) Significant weight loss when not dieting or weight gain (e.g., a change of more than 5 % of body weight in a month ), or decrease or increase in appetite nearly every day.
(4) Insomnia or hypersomnia nearly every day.
(5) Psychomotor agitation or retardation nearly every day (observable by others, not merely subjective feelings of restlessness or being slowed down).
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