Depressed
With the adjective depressed , a state of negative well-being is recorded in the psychopathological findings according to the AMDP system , synonymous with depressed or depressed. According to the AMDP system, this describes a spectrum of feelings that can range from self-reports: “I am sad” to “terrible, indescribable inner agony”. This is to describe a mood . Uneasiness, worry, grief or helplessness can also be described as intermediate stages. The symptom described should not be confused with depressive, as depression is a syndrome that consists of several symptoms. Depression is just a single symptom of depression that is not enough on its own to make a diagnosis of depression.
Elevation
According to the AMDP system, whether the patient is depressed should be assessed both through questioning and on the basis of observation. According to the guidelines for recording psychopathological findings, which describe a semi-structured interview, the patient can generally be asked about the “current mood”. But it can also be asked more specifically with the words: "Are you sad?" Or "Do you feel down."
Severity
An indication of the severity assessment is given in the AMDP system.
- Easily: A slight change in mood can be assumed if the patient states that the mood has changed in the sense of the definition, although his behavior gives little evidence of this.
- Difficult: A severe change in mood can be assumed if the posture and movements, such as facial expressions and gestures, clearly indicate this.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d AMDP (ed.): The AMDP system. Manual for the documentation of psychiatric findings . 8th, revised edition. Hogrefe, Göttingen 2007, ISBN 978-3-8017-1925-8 , pp. 92 .
- ↑ a b c Erdmann Fähndrich, Rolf-Dieter Stieglitz: Guide to recording the psychopathological findings. Semi-structured interview using the AMDP system . 3rd, revised edition. Hogrefe, Göttingen 2007, ISBN 978-3-8017-1930-2 , pp. 84 .