Recognition
- "I'm depressed"
- Not coping
- Sad/unhappy
- Tired
- Depressed
- Visual cues
- Somatic symptoms
- Cry for help/suicide
- Proxy consultations/tickets of admission
- Biological
- Weight change
- Sleep disorder
- Appetite change
- Concentration
- Diurnal variation
- Labile mood
Explanation
- Prevalence
- Pharmacology - neurotransmitters
- "You're not going mad"
Drug treatment
- Duration
- Doctor as drug
- Side effects
Counselling
- Ventilation of feelings
- Coping strategies
- Problems of daily living
- Specific problems
- Problems which are solvable by a specific course of action
- Problems which are not solvable but which will resolve themselves
after time or events outwith patient's control
- Problems which are insoluble by any means and therefore patient must
come to terms with them
- Homework
- Control: let patient choose the most important problem to tackle first
Depression attitude questionnaire
Depression