AnonymousWhich form of reporting would you use here and why?
Somebody once said there are no good answers, only good questions. Whether that is a good aphorism or not, if we suppose yours is a good question, what exactly makes it a good question?
In other words, what kind of reasoning or debate is that question expected to trigger?
I guess without context I would choose the first, "He is really depressed", I think I might be more likely to just say that. But since thoughts, perception of facts, and choices vary according to the context, what's the point of such a question? There's no point, unless the lack of important details is meant to force people to make them up in their minds, so that it is then possible to analyze their assumptions to get a better picture of their psyche. But you are not interested in my psyche, are you? LOL
Your question seems to me like "You are running out of gas, and there are two gas stations, one on the left and one on the right. Which one do you choose?" - No idea! And no idea what that question is for either.
A better one might be: "There are two gas stations. At the one on the left, there's a blond lady with huge hooters and a nanoskirt (= 1/1000 of a microskirt), at the one on the right there's a muscular guy with a mustache with only a pair of leopard spotted underpants on. Where are you gonna stop?" - See? That looks like a much better question to me, LOL.
So long.