0 – Severely depressed, suicidal and/or homicidal, immediate inpatient treatment necessary, inability to function (in daily activities)
1 – Severely depressed, somewhat suicidal and/or homicidal, monitoring necessary, inpatient treatment likely necessary, inability to function
2 – Severely depressed, passing suicidal and/or homicidal thoughts, monitoring recommended, inpatient treatment optional, great difficulty functioning
3 – Moderately depressed, passing suicidal and/or homicidal thoughts, monitoring optional, some difficulty functioning
4 – Mildly depressed, passing suicidal and/or homicidal thoughts, monitoring optional, low difficulty functioning
5 – Emotionally numb, in a state of existence, no suicidal and/or homicidal ideations, no monitoring necessary, some ability to function, borderline mood (potential for change to 4 or 6)
6 – Mildly happy, content, no suicidal and/or homicidal ideations, little functioning problems
7 – Moderately happy, upbeat, no functioning problems
8 – Moderately happy, optimistic, positive, no functioning problems
9 – Extremely happy, optimistic, cheerful, positive, “in a good mood,” “feel great,” no functioning problems
10 – Extremely happy, potentially manic, active, energetic, euphoric, ability to function may vary
*A plus (+) sign, used only for numbers below 5, indicate that there is no suicidal ideation.
I’m very suspicious about something like this and would guess that your sarcastic counterargument is actually quite close to the truth. Everything is a disorder now, and each new “disorder” has a wonderful new drug you can take to fix it.
Wow. I am certain that there are many people with depression who are not receiving adequate treatment. But what seems to be rarely mentioned are the untold numbers of people who are receiving treatment without any significant clinical need for treatment. In other words, what about the people without clinically significant anxiety or depression who receive unneeded meds? You can bet than the networks won’t be all over that story!
I can give an example about one of my friends who suffers from atypical depression and he is not receiving adequate treatment.