Signs and symptoms of depression - Beyond Blue

Recent research found that absolutist words are indicative of depression. It’s been known for a while, and it’s hardly surprising, that the more depressed someone is the more they use negative words and ruminate to toxic levels. It’s also not news that depressed people’s language, both verbal and written, becomes more self-referential during depression, and the more suicidal they feel the more first-person pronouns they tend to use – pronouns such as ‘my’, ‘myself’, ‘I’, and ‘mine’. They also us

Treatments for depression - Beyond Blue

Treatment - Depression in adults