The best way to rule out clinical depression is to inquire whether the apathy merely affects the capacity for looking forward to goal attainment or whether it extends to ongoing activities, so it becomes a pervasive deficit in pleasure (“anhedonia”). I wouldn’t conclude there’s a depression just from the information provided.
The best way to rule out clinical depression is to inquire whether the apathy merely affects the capacity for looking forward to goal attainment or whether it extends to ongoing activities, so it becomes a pervasive deficit in pleasure (“anhedonia”). I wouldn’t conclude there’s a depression just from the information provided.