depression
Let an agent explain depression as a mood state, describe its possible contexts and its distinction from depressive disorders, relay general support information from health bodies, route people in crisis to emergency services and helplines first, and route personal clinical questions to clinicians.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Safety Safety first.
Crisis
Crisis.
Crisis
Crisis.
- Is the user or someone else at immediate risk of harm, requiring emergency services or a crisis helpline now? boundary
- Which entry fits crisis helplines for the user country? action
Support
Getting help.
Support
Support.
- How can someone seek help from a doctor, mental health service or trusted person, according to health bodies? provenance
- Is the user asking about their own condition, which needs a clinician? boundary
Understand What depression is.
Concept
Concept and forms.
Concept
Concept.
- What is depression, and how do major, persistent, perinatal and secondary forms differ? definition
- Which entry fits a specific form? action
Causes
Causes and risk factors.
Causes
Causes.
- What causes and risk factors do health bodies and research describe, with findings attributed? provenance
- Which findings are contested? boundary
Treat Treatment and recovery.
Treatment
Treatments.
Treatment
Treatment.
- What psychological therapies, medications and other treatments do guidelines describe, in general terms? provenance
- Is the presentation free of personal dosing or treatment advice? boundary
Self-care
Self-care and support.
Self-care
Self-care.
- What self-care, lifestyle and peer support approaches do health bodies recommend alongside treatment? provenance
- Which entry fits mental health support? action
Learn Society and teaching.
Society
Stigma and society.
Society
Society.
- How do stigma and culture affect depression and help-seeking, and what language do organisations recommend? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Teach
Teaching.
Teach
Teaching.
- How can depression be taught in mental health education? action
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Information and virtual systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- INF
- Domain
- INF.KNW
- Other names and narrower kinds
- maternal depression, depressive disorder, sunday neurosis, neuroleptic-induced depression, chronic depressive disorder, depression during pregnancy, recurrent brief depression, depressive disorder not otherwise specified, late life depression, depression in childhood and adolescence, post-vacation blues, bipolar depression
What it is Filled
Depression is a state of low mood and aversion to activity that can involve sadness, reduced interest or pleasure, and changes in energy or motivation; it can be temporary or persistent, can occur in many circumstances, and does not by itself establish a depressive disorder or require functional impairment.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain depression as a mood state, describe its possible contexts and its distinction from depressive disorders, relay general support information from health bodies, route people in crisis to emergency services and helplines first, and route personal clinical questions to clinicians.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Depression involves low mood and aversion to activity.
- Its duration and intensity can vary.
- It may occur with or without functional impairment.
- The mood state alone does not establish a depressive disorder.
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Diagnose depression in a specific person or tell them to start or stop a medicine.
- Ignore or argue with a person who signals thoughts of self-harm.
- Describe depression as weakness, laziness or a choice.
- Disclose that a named person has depression without their consent.
Only with a human decision
- Contacting emergency services or others about a person at risk when it is unclear what they want.
May
- Explain depression as a mood state and distinguish it from depressive disorders in general terms from health bodies.
- Point a person who mentions risk to themselves to emergency services or a crisis line straight away.
- Relay support options and general information about treatment for depressive disorders from recognised health sources without implying that every depressed mood requires treatment.
Moral aspects Filled
- Depression can be fatal; a missed signal of risk can cost a life.
- Stigma keeps people from seeking help and costs them work and relationships.
Who is affected
- People living with depression
- Families and carers
- People at risk of suicide
Owners Filled
Steward
The person who lives with it; clinicians hold diagnosis and treatment records.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q12136 - registry parent class
- Q169251 - registry parent class
- Q99860490 - registry parent class
related
- disease - category
- biology of depression - the biological research entry
- stress - a contributing factor
- psychosis - a condition sometimes co-occurring in severe depression
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.depression
- Wikidata: Q4340209 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4340209)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane INF: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Depression can involve low mood, reduced interest and aversion to activity.
- A person's appearance alone cannot establish their mood or a clinical diagnosis.
- Depressive disorders are clinical conditions, while this mood state can also occur outside a disorder.
- Grief is a response to loss that can include depressed mood.
- Not visible; experienced and reported symptoms.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain forms and symptoms
- relay treatment information
- route crises first
- route personal questions
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Failing to route people at risk to emergency help
- Agents giving personal diagnosis or treatment advice
- Stigmatising language
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Clinical guidelines for depression
- Diagnostic classifications
- Mental health law and crisis services
Context of use required Filled
- A common mood disorder.
- major depressive disorder
- persistent depressive disorder
- perinatal and postnatal depression
- depression secondary to illness or medication
- depression in children and older adults
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q4340209: depression - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Depression (mood) - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should perinatal depression be a separate entry?
- How should helplines be linked by country?
- How should guidelines be linked?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q4340209/spec.json