Skip navigation

Depression Quiz

 

Below is a list of the ways you might have felt or acted. Please check how much you have felt this way during the past week.

 

1.
I was bothered by things that usually don’t bother me.
2.
I did not feel like eating; I wasn’t very hungry.



3.
I wasn’t able to feel happy, even when my family or friends tried to help me feel better.



4.
I felt like I was just as good as other people.



5.
I felt like I couldn’t pay attention to what I was doing.



6.
I felt down and unhappy.



7.
I felt like I was too tired to do things.



8.
I felt like something good was going to happen.



9.
I felt like things I did before didn’t work out right.



10.
I felt scared.



11.
I didn’t sleep as well as I usually sleep.



12.
I was happy.



13.
I was more quiet than usual.



14.
I felt lonely—like I didn’t have any friends.



15.
I felt like people I know were not friendly or that they didn’t want to be with me.



16.
I had a good time.



17.
I felt like crying.



18.
I felt sad.



19.
I felt people didn’t like me.



20.
It was hard to get started doing things.



Source: This Quiz was adapted from the Center for Epidemiological Studies’ Depression Scale for Children (CES-DC). Original Citation: Faulstich ME, Carey MP, Ruggiero L, et al. 1986. Assessment of depression in childhood and adolescence: An evaluation of the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale for Children (CES-DC). American Journal of Psychiatry 143(8):1024–1027.