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Depression is so subjective that this “relief” is just one person’s word. I wish we had a way to quantify this better.
by gremloni 5y ago
Depression is so subjective that this “relief” is just one person’s word. I wish we had a way to quantify this better.
- 0xdeadb00f 5y agoAlso if n=1 then it could just be a placebo, no?
- cyounkins 5y agoWe have some measures like PHQ-9, QIDS, and MADRS. https://www.mdcalc.com/phq-9-patient-health-questionnaire-9 https://www.mdcalc.com/phq-9-patient-health-questionnaire-9 https://www.mdcalc.com/quick-inventory-depressive-symptomatology-qids https://www.mdcalc.com/quick-inventory-depressive-symptomato...
- webmobdev 5y agoCognitive Therapy has made depression "objective" and even provided a reliable diagnostic tool for it that even a layman can use it - https://therapydave.com/docs/burns-depression-checklist.pdf https://therapydave.com/docs/burns-depression-checklist.pdf ...
- gremloni 5y agoHow is that objective? It’s asking a person to assign a score on very subjective questions.
- bawolff 5y agoThe article indicates that previously she was unable to care for herself. While not exactly fully objective, i feel like - do you need someone else to take care of you, is not a purely subjective measure.