https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/med/research/platform/wemwbs/
You literally self-rate the fourteen items on a scale from 1 to 5: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/med/research/platform/wemwbs/w...
As I understand it, and someone correct me if I don't, these self-reporting scales are just a loose diagnostic indicator. They're more useful over time, especially if receiving therapy or medication, as the change in responses can be tracked.
But if well-being is stuff like being optimistic and fulfilled, then it seems to me hardly a surprise that being optimistic and fulfilled makes you less likely to become depressed, in the same way that not being depressed today makes you less likely to be depressed tomorrow. So I'm trying to work out what this study is actually saying, other than non-depressed people (with ASD) are less likely to be depressed in the future than currently slightly-to-very depressed people.
My therapist uses a different questionnaire that has more negative questions like "Little interest or pleasure in doing things" or "Poor appetite or overeating". I tend to do alright on that one.
However, I score over 2 on only a few of the items on the list you posted, and a lot of them are solidly 1. There's a feeling of tension, anger, and frustration I just can't shake.
There's a big difference (to me anyway) in the wording between "Feeling bad about yourself – or that you are a failure or have let yourself or family down" and "I’ve been feeling good about myself"
I wouldn't say that I feel like a failure (and I have nobody who cares enough to let down), but I sure haven't been feeling good either.
I don't know quite how to express this doctors and mental health professionals in a way they understand, though, and this scale really kind of illustrates it for me, so I'm wondering what that means?
Find a good mental health professional who will take the time and care to understand you, and show them the same thoughts you've shared here.
You shouldn't have to change your vernacular with a mindful professional. There's plenty of leads they can follow here -- And if you want effective answers about your feelings, that's who should be doing it! A true professional dedicated to figuring these things out with you.
People with ASD have much, (much, much,) higher incidence rates of mental health problems usually stemming from loss/lack of employment viability.
What this study concludes is that the supportive employment program buffers against those health issues that effect so many with ASD.
Couple years old but I recall this talk being vaguely relevant.
(Mental health info around 11:20)
So yes, kind of obvious, and seemingly useless information alas we have the statistics, we have the problem, and now we know of one such solution.
Non ASD would likely benefit from the employment program as well but to the same extent? Unlikely - but only because there is less room to improve.
Wait, so the theory is that if you're generally happy, you're less likely to be depressed? I know that depression and sadness are very different things, and happy people get depressed, but... it sure seems like you'd expect a correlation.
Not only does this seem a little bit obvious, it also doesn't seem immediately useful. And further down it notes that this is entirely consistent with research in the general population, so this result is... also totally unsurprising. Is there a reason at all to believe that this would be true for people generally but not for people with ASD?