Visible
manifestations | Physical symptoms | Subjective
symptoms |
Behavioural
changes
|
- Excessive irritability
- Depression or constant sadness (frequent desire to cry)
- Excessive worrying
- Difficulty making decisions
- Loss of interest and pleasure in all activities
| - Appetite disorders: loss of or increase in appetite and/or weight
- Sleep disorders: insomnia or hypersomnia
- Agitation or slowdown
- Loss of concentration and/or memory
- Lowered or loss of sexual interest
- Fatigue or lack of energy
| - Self-deprecation, self put-downs, loss of self-esteem
- Sense of being unworthy and of persecution or excessive guilt
- Difficulty concentrating, indecisiveness
- Sense of isolation, loneliness
- Recurrent thoughts of death or suicide
| - Withdrawal or social dependency
- Masks
- Negation or resistance
|
Some physical illnesses may present symptoms similar to those of depression. That is why a checkup or a medical examination should be done in all cases of depression.
