Depressive episodes can have various causes, ranging in severity from 'needs attention' to 'very serious'. Finding the true cause means ruling out or confirming each possibility – in other words, diagnosis.
Diagnosis is usually a complex process due to the sheer number of possible causes and related symptoms. In order to diagnose depressive episodes, we could:
Cause | Probability | Status |
---|---|---|
Stress | 93% | Confirm |
Lyme Disease | 19% | Unlikely |
Depression | 3% | Ruled out |
Have you experienced depression?
Possible responses:
→ Barely worth mentioning / don't know→ No, definitely not → 1-2 past episodes that were fully resolved → It is a repeating but tolerable problem → It is a repeating and serious issue |