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The Experience of Depression – A Questionnaire

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Research Summary: Emotional Experience in Depression

Project Type: Philosophical research study on altered mood, emotion, and feeling in depression
Research Leaders: Matthew Ratcliffe and Achim Stephan
Funding: AHRC-DFG funded, three-year duration
Primary Aim: Provide the first detailed, systematic philosophical study of the nature and role of altered mood, emotion and feeling in depression
Participant Recruitment: Open questionnaire study inviting individuals with lived experience of depression
Evidence Grade: Preliminary—foundational philosophical inquiry into subjective phenomenology of depressive experience
Disciplinary Approach: Integrates philosophy, psychology, and humanities perspectives on emotional and affective dimensions of depression

Emotional Experience in Depression: A Philosophical Study is a three-year AHRC-DFG funded project lead by Matthew Ratcliffe and Achim Stephan. Its aim is “to provide the first ever detailed, systematic philosophical study of the nature and role of altered mood, emotion and feeling in depression.”

If you have had depression, the research team would like to invite you to take part in the research study by completing a questionnaire about your experience. Alternatively, please forward this link to anyone you think might be interested.

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