How depressed are you? Score yourself

[Rafterman]

A little while ago I posted the Hamilton Anxiety Scale (the "HAM-A"). Here is its counterpart, the HAM-D. It will help you gauge your level of depression. Just add up your total at the end and please consider sharing it with the group. My score was a 14. I have scored as high as 23, and never lower than 13.
 
 
Scoring
0 - 7 = Normal
8 - 13 = Mild Depression
14-18 = Moderate Depression
19 - 22 = Severe Depression
23 or greater = Very Severe Depression




 1. DEPRESSED MOOD
   Gloomy attitude, pessimism about the future,
   sadness, tendency to weep
       0 = Absent
       1 = Sadness, etc.
      2 = Occasional weeping
     3 = Frequent weeping
      4 = Extreme symptoms

 
2. FEELINGS OF GUILT
     0 = Absent
     1 = Self-reproach, feels you have let people
           down
    2 = Feelings of guilt
     3 = Present illness is a punishment; delusions
            of guilt
     4 = Hallucinations of guilt
 
3 .SUICIDE
      0 = Absent
      1 = Feels life is not worth living
      2 = Wishing for death
     3 = Suicidal ideas or gestures
      4 = Attempts at suicide

 4 .INSOMNIA-1 Initial
    (Difficulty in falling asleep)
     0 = Absent
     1 = Occasional
     2 = Frequent
   
  5. INSOMNIA-2 Middle
     (Waking during the night.)
      0 = Absent
      1 = Occasional
      2 = Frequent

   6.INSOMNIA-3 Delayed
    (Waking in early hours of the morning and
    unable to fall asleep again)
    0 = Absent
    1 = Occasional
    2 = Frequent
   
   7 .WORK AND INTERESTS
      0 = No difficulty
     1 = Feelings of incapacity, listlessness, indeci-
     sion and vacillation
     2 = Loss of interest in hobbies, decreased social
    activities
     3 = Productivity decreased
      4 = Unable to work. Stopped working because
          of present illness only. (Absence from work
          after treatment or recovery may rate a lower
         score).
               
  8. RETARDATION
     (Slowness of thought, speech, and activity;
      apathy; stupor.)
       0 = Absent
       1 = Slight retardation
      2 = Obvious retardation
       3 = Trouble holding conversation 
       4 = Complete stupor
         
   9. AGITATION
      (Restlessness associated with anxiety.)
        0 = Absent
        1 = Occasional
        2 = Frequent

  10.ANXIETY - PSYCHIC
          0 = No difficulty
       1 = Tension and irritability
       2 = Worrying about minor matters
       3 = Apprehensive attitude
       4 = Fears that preoccupy

  11. ANXIETY - SOMATIC
       Gastrointestinal, indigestion, cardiovascular, palpitation, Headaches
       Respiratory, Genito-urinary, etc.
        0 = Absent
       1 = Mild
       2 = Moderate
       3 = Severe
         4 = Incapacitating

  12. SOMATIC SYMPTOMS -
         GASTROINTESTINAL
       (Loss of appetite, heavy feeling in abdomen;
          constipation)
          0 = Absent
        1 = Mild
        2 = Severe

  13. SOMATIC SYMPTOMS - GENERAL
      (Heaviness in limbs, back or head; diffuse
      backache; loss of energy and fatigue)
        0 = Absent
       1 = Mild
       2 = Severe

  14. GENITAL SYMPTOMS
        (Loss of libido, menstrual disturbances)
           0 = Absent
         1 = Mild
         2 = Severe
    
   15. HYPOCHONDRIASIS
          0 = Not present
        1 = Self-absorption (bodily)
          2 = Preoccupation with health
        3 = Querulous attitude
         4 = Hypochondriacal delusions  

   16. WEIGHT LOSS
         0 = No weight loss
           1 = Slight
         2 = Obvious or severe
 
  17. INSIGHT
         0 = No loss
         1 = Partial or doubtful loss
         2 = Loss of insight