Symptoms calculated with the CES-D included feelings of loneliness, appetite loss, sadness, sleep disorders, fear, and crying.
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a mood disorder commonly found among the elderly; it is characterized by a loss of pleasure, sadness, sleep disturbance, a poor sense of self, guilty feelings and cognitive impairment.
The components measured were physical arousal reactions "like sweating, shaking and pounding heart," distressing feelings "like fear, anger, horror, guilt, shame worry or sadness," disturbed sleep "sleep disrupted by the incident," irritability "irritable, mean or snappish," and social withdrawal "if you withdrew or pulled back from other people".
-ROBERT GRAVES There is no sadness which sleep cannot conquer.
This was also reported in a study that showed that children and adolescents who repeatedly visited physicians for their orofacial pain also were complaining of depression in the form of sadness, anger, sleep disturbances as well as problems in school attendance.
Following yoga there was a significant decrease in self-rated fear, anxiety, sadness, disturbed sleep, and in the breath rate.
When applied to the specific MDD symptoms of sadness, anhedonia, sleep disturbance, appetite change and cognitive impairment, these symptoms may be seen to represent a biological response pattern that translates into the psychological behaviours of low self-esteem, hopelessness and helplessness.
Some of these symptoms – especially mood swings, extreme sadness, and sleep disturbances – are also indicative of postpartum psychosis.
I and my colleagues in mental health often receive referrals for people who bear all the hallmarks of being depressed – sadness, social withdrawal, sleep disturbance – only to discover that they have recently experienced a grave and significant loss, be that through death, redundancy or divorce.
Her primary complaints included poor sleep, sadness, anxiety, agitation, and being overly aroused by loud noises.
The seven subscales include: anger, anxiety, sadness, concentration, hunger, sleep, and craving.
