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Complete all the following statements by writing YES or NO, based on how you have felt during the past few days.
1 I feel just as energetic as always
2 I am losing weight
3 I have dropped many of my interests and activities
4 Since my illness I have completely lost interest in sex
5 I am especially concerned about how my body is functioning
6 It must be obvious that I am disturbed and agitated
7 I am still able to carry on doing the work I am supposed to do
8 I can concentrate easily when reading the papers
9 Getting to sleep takes me more than half an hour
10 I am restless and fidgety
11 I wake up much earlier than I need to in the morning
12 Dying is the best solution for me
13 I have a lot of trouble with dizzy and faint feelings
14 I am being punished for something bad in my past
15 My sexual interest is the same as before I got sick
16 I am miserable or often feel like crying
17 I often wish I were dead
18 I am having trouble with indigestion
19 I wake up often in the middle of the night
20 I feel worthless and ashamed about myself
21 I am so slowed down that I need help with bathing and dressing
22 I take longer than usual to fall asleep at night
23 Much of the time I am very afraid but don’t know the reason
24 Things which I regret about my life are bothering me
25 I get pleasure and satisfaction from what I do
26 All I need is a good rest to be perfectly well again
27 My sleep is restless and disturbed
28 My mind is as fast and alert as always
29 I feel that life is still worth living
30 My voice is dull and lifeless
31 I feel irritable or jittery
32 I feel in good spirits
33 My heart sometimes beats faster than usual
34 I think my case is hopeless
35 I wake up before my usual time in the morning
36 I still enjoy my meals as much as usual
37 I have to keep pacing around most of the time
38 I am terrified and near panic
39 My body is bad and rotten inside
40 I got sick because of the bad weather we have been having
41 My hands shake so much that people can easily notice
42 I still like to go out and meet people
43 I think I appear calm on the outside
44 I think I am as good a person as anybody else
45 My trouble is the result of some serious internal disease
46 I have been thinking about trying to kill myself
47 I get hardly anything done lately
48 There is only misery in the future for me
49 I worry a lot about my bodily symptoms
50 I have to force myself to eat even a little
51 I am exhausted much of the time
52 I can tell that I have lost a lot of weight
Compare your answers to those listed below and give yourself on point each time your answer is the same. Any score greater than ten reveals some degree of depression, and the severity of the depression increases with the score.
1 No
2 Yes
3 Yes
4 Yes
5 Yes
6 Yes
7 No
8 No
9 Yes
10 Yes
11 Yes
12 Yes
13 Yes
14 Yes
15 No
16 Yes
17 Yes
18 Yes
19 Yes
20 Yes
21 Yes
22 Yes
23 Yes
24 Yes
25 No
26 Yes
27 Yes
28 No
29 No
30 Yes
31 Yes
32 No
33 Yes
34 Yes
35 Yes
36 No
37 Yes
38 Yes
39 Yes
40 Yes
41 Yes
42 No
43 No
44 No
45 Yes
46 Yes
47 Yes
48 Yes
49 Yes
50 Yes
51 Yes
52 Yes
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