Today’s seniors report fewer depression symptoms than their parents - The Philadelphia Inquirer

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Monday, July 15, 2019

In the study, participants were given a standard depression screening test, the mCES-D, but it was modified to make it easier. The original version of the test asks people how often they had 20 symptoms, four of which are positive, over the past week. The data Sullivan used asked only whether people had felt a particular way during most of the previous week. Some questions addressed distraction, irritability, appetite, anxiety, restless sleep, loneliness and sadness.

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