Theory and research on major depression have increasingly assumed a recurrent and chronic disease model. Yet not all people who become depressed suffer recurrences, suggesting that depression is also an acute, time-limited condition. However, few if any risk indicators are available to forecast which...
If you have depression that lasts 2 years or longer, it's called persistent depressive disorder, orPDD. This term is used to describe two conditions previously known asdysthymia(low-grade persistent depression) and chronic major depression. ...
Twitter Google Share on Facebook Thesaurus Medical Acronyms Encyclopedia Wikipedia Related to major depressive episode:Major Depressive Disorder ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend: Switch tonew thesaurus Noun1. major depressive episode- (psychiatry) a state of depression with all the classic symptoms...
[14] excluded are a range of related diagnoses, including dysthymia which involves a chronic but milder mood disturbance,[15] Recurrent brief depression which involves briefer depressive episodes,[16][17] Minor depressive disorder which involves only some of the symptoms of major depression,[18] ...
Background: While the sex difference in prevalence rates of unipolar depression is well established, few studies have examined gender differences in clinical features of depression. Even less is known about gender differences in chronic forms of depression. Methods: 235 male and 400 female outp...
In addition, currentrates of depression were higher in patients who sustained a brain injury 50years ago or longer, suggesting that patients with a head injury have recurrentdepressive disorder throughout their lifetime at a significantly higher frequencythan comparable patients without a head injury....
Depression is a common mental disorder that presents with depressed mood. It can become chronic or recurrent and lead to substantial impairment in an indiv... RK Bailey,M Patel,NC Barker,... - 《Journal of the National Medical Association》 被引量: 82发表: 2011年 The natural course and ou...
Background: A major depressive episode (MDE) is typically self-rated by screening forms identifying probable MDE (pMDE). This population-based cross-sectional questionnaire study examined the prevalence rates of pMDE identified by the PHQ-9 screener in l
depression;bipolar;biomarker;mineralocorticoid receptor (MR);glucocorticoid receptor (GR);polymorphism (SNP);cortisol;aldosterone;early-life stress (ELS) 1. Introduction Depression is a common, recurrent, and chronic disorder that affects subjects systemically, impairing their mood, as well as autonomic ...
substance use, major depressive disorder (either single episode or recurrent), bipolar disorders, and more rarely schizoaffective disorder. Thus, it is important to collect a thorough history and medical examination to rule out these other conditions before making a diagnosis of major depression. ...