問題詳情

Depression is a mental illness in which a person experiences deep sadness and diminished interest innearly all activities. People also use the term “depression” to describe a low mood, loneliness or blues thateveryone feels from time to time. In contrast to normal sadness, severe depression, also called “majordepression”, can dramatically impair a person’s ability to function in social situations and at work. People withmajor depression often have feelings of worthlessness, helplessness and hopelessness, accompanied by lowself-esteem and inappropriate guilt as well as thoughts of committing suicide. Although it may appear anytimefrom childhood to old age, depression usually begins during a person’s 20s or 30s. The illness may come onslowly and then deepen gradually over months or years. On the other hand, it may erupt suddenly in a fewweeks or days. A person who develops severe depression may appear extremely anxious, frightened andunbalanced. Insomnia is common among the depressed people. Appetite often decreases, resulting in weightloss. Other symptoms of depression include poor concentration and memory. The illness affects all people,regardless of sex, race, ethnicity, or socioeconomic standing. However, women are two or three times morelikely than men to suffer from depression. Experts disagree on the reason for this difference. Some citedifferences in hormones, and others point to the stress caused by the society’s expectations of women.
36. Which of the following is NOT a symptom of depression?
(A) Despair
(B) Optimism
(C) Sleep disorder
(D) Self-blame

參考答案

答案：B
難度：適中0.5
統計：A(0),B(0),C(0),D(0),E(0)

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