Mood-Related Signs

• Questions here involve the patient's mood, including anxiety, sadness and irritability levels. The patient's evolving reaction to pleasant events is also gauged.
  
  

Behavioral Disturbance

• Behavioral disturbances are also indicative of depression. Questions here pertain to whether the patient is agitated, has lost interest, or has decreased speech or motor response.
  
  

Physical Signs

• This part of the interview is designed to determine if any physical changes have occurred, including decrease in appetite or weight loss, or if the patient suffers from a lack of energy.
  
  

Cyclic Functions

• This section determines whether the body's cyclical functions have changed. Changes would include difficulty falling asleep or multiple awakenings during the night.
  
  

Ideational Disturbance

• This section of the interview determines if the patient has suicidal thoughts, or suffers from pessimism or low self-esteem.
  
  

Scoring

• The CSDD consists of 19 questions. Each response is scored as follows:
  
  a - Unable to evaluate
  0 - Absent
  1 - Mild to Intermittent
  2 - Severe
  
  A score greater than 12 indicates probable depression.