Are you depressed or just sad? Here's how to tell

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Don't have energy? Feel like nothing excites you anymore? Really disliking yourself? You might be experiencing clinical depression.

Take a free screening for depression: https://screening.mhanational.org/screening-tools/depression/

Learn more:
- What is depression? https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/depression
- How to overcome depression: https://youtu.be/Gljq2FHzTvY
- How to help friends and family with depression: https://youtu.be/zJcjJ2MoPEY
- 10 bipolar depression myths: https://youtu.be/kUHUmeqBZAA
- Assessing anhedonia in depression: Potentials and pitfalls: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4856554/
- Assessment of Anhedonia in Adults With and Without Mental Illness: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2769239

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For information purposes only. Does not constitute clinical advice. Consult your local medical authority for advice. The information in this video was accurate as of the upload date, November 9, 2022.

If you or someone you know needs help immediately, you should take one of the following actions:
- call 9-8-8 in the United States or your country's emergency number: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emergency_telephone_numbers
- call the Lifeline at 1-800-273 TALK (8255) in the United States or a global crisis hotlines: https://findahelpline.com/i/iasp
- text START to 741-741 in the United States or visit https://www.crisistextline.org
- go to your nearest hospital emergency room