Use Our Quick Depression Quiz to Test Your Depression Knowledge

The first step to beating depression is understanding how it works. Our Depression Quiz will show you what you know, and may just surprise you with some recent discoveries about how depression works.

1) Which of the following can be signs of depression? (choose all you think are correct)

2) Most depression is due to a chemical imbalance, or genetic factors.
True
False

3) Which of the following are changes in society that have occurred since the end of World War II, and may account for the huge increases in clinical depression? (Choose all you think are correct)
A breakdown in the extended family
A dispersal of communities leading to less support
An increased focus on material wealth
An overwhelming prevalence of news media
An increased focus on 'the self' over the wider community

4) Why are you likely to wake up in the morning feeling exhausted if you are depressed? (Choose all that you think are correct)
Because you aren’t getting enough exercise
Because you spend too much time in REM sleep due to over-dreaming at night

5) Why can ‘all-or-nothing’ thinking be one of the causes of depression? (Choose all that you think are correct)
Because it causes emotional arousal, which makes your brain stressed, adding to the cycle of depression
Because it stops you problem-solving effectively, and so adds to any pressure you feel from life’s difficulties

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