Sleep quality is one of the important indicators for evaluating individual sleep health. The definition of sleep quality covers many aspects, including the duration, quality, depth, frequency, and ease of falling asleep and waking up.
The Sleep Quality Self-Assessment Scale is a widely used tool to assess an individual's sleep status. Through a series of questions or topics, test takers can answe...
In our modern, fast-paced lives, we often overlook one crucial aspect: sleep. The concept of 'sleep quotient' links sleep quality and intelligence, which has attracted people's attention. Let’s dive into this interesting and informative topic.
What is 'sleep quotient'?
'Sleep IQ' is a concept proposed by American scholars. It mainly refers to the relationship between a person's sleep quality and...
The mental health problems of college students refer to the mental health-related distress and obstacles that are common among college students. During their college years, they face challenges in many aspects such as academic pressure, changes in interpersonal relationships, future planning, self-identity, etc. These factors may have an impact on their mental health. Here are some common mental h...
In daily life, to what extent are people controlled by reason, and to what extent are they dominated by emotions?
In this regard, there are great differences between people, in which temperament (mainly genetics), personality, emotions (psychologists call it 'arousal level'), experience, literacy, etc. all play a role.
Emotion is an innate psychological reaction of human beings, such as joy, an...
Depression is a serious psychological disorder that often manifests as low mood, loss of interest and pleasure, self-denial, self-blame, and a sense of helplessness, and even suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Symptoms of depression may affect a person's sleep, eating, and daily activities, placing a significant burden on daily life.
The causes of depression may be multifactorial and include biolog...
The ability to handle stress is a very important psychological ability, because in life, we often face various pressures and challenges, such as work pressure, academic pressure, interpersonal pressure, family pressure, etc., if these pressures cannot be obtained effectively processed, can have a negative impact on our physical and mental health.
Here are some ways to deal with stress:
Positive ...
Have you ever experienced wild mood swings, high energy, and unusual levels of activity? These may be signs of manic symptoms. Mania is a bipolar disorder that can cause problems in your life. Want to better understand the extent of your symptoms? Now, we offer you a quick and easy way to self-test your mania symptoms the Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS).
The Bipolar Disorder Rating Scale is a cli...
The Depression Self-Rating Scale for Children (DSRSC) is a questionnaire about children's understanding of depression and their own depression status. It contains 18 items in total. The number of items is small, and the content is simple and easy to evaluate. Easy for children to understand. It is suitable for children aged 8 to 13 to self-assess their depressive symptoms.
Childhood depressive di...
In 1982, Brink et al. created the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) as a tool specifically used to screen for depression in the elderly. Because the elderly have more physical complaints, many physical symptoms of normal elderly people are within the normal range for this age group, but they may be mistakenly diagnosed as depression. The GDS was designed to more sensitively detect somatic symptoms ...
'Self-Rating Symptom Scale SCL90' is one of the most famous mental health test scales in the world and is currently the most widely used outpatient examination scale for mental disorders and mental illnesses.
SCL-90 (Symptom Checklist-90) is a commonly used symptom self-rating scale. It was compiled in 1975. Its author is LR Derogatis. It is sometimes also called Hopkins's Symptom Checklist. , HS...
