Characteristics

• What 3 types of characteristics of depression are there?

  Behavioural

  Emotional

  Cognitive
• State the 5 behavioural characteristics of depression?

  • Poor personal hygiene
  • Weight changes
  • Sleep pattern disturbance
  • Social impairment
  • Loss of energy
• State the 3 emotional characteristics of depression?

  • Constant depressed mood
  • Worthlessness
  • Loss of enthusiasm
• State the 4 cognitive characteristics of depression?


  
  

  • Thoughts of death
  • reduced concentration
  • poor memory
  • delusion eg guilt or hallucinations (eg smell sense)
• Give one cognitive characteristic of depressio?

  attention to negative aspects of life (dwelling)