as well as suicide attempts. And these symptoms must cause significant distress in the patient’s daily life. Also,the depressive episode can’t be due to a substance or other medical condition,the symptoms can’t be better explained by another mental disorder,like schizoaffective...
Major depressive disorder, single episode A. Presence of a single major depressive episode. B. There has NEVER been a manic, mixed, or hypomanic episode. 2. Major depressive disorder, recurrent A. Presence of two or more depressive episodes—to be considered separate episodes, there must be ...
The occurrence of the major depressive episode is not better explained byschizoaffective disorder,schizophrenia,schizophreniform disorder,delusional disorder, or other specified and unspecified schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders. Criterion E ...
1.Objective:To investigate the attentional bias for negative emotional facial expressions inmajor depressive disorder(MDD).目的:探讨重度抑郁症患者对负性情绪面孔的注意偏向。 2.MethodsThe study consisted of 82 Chinese Han inpatients diagnosed asmajor depressive disorder.对符合美国精神疾病分类标准第4版(DSM...
Some cognitive symptoms of dementia such as disorientation, apathy, difficulty concentrating and memory loss may get confused with a major depressive episode in major depressive disorder. They are especially difficult to determine in elderly patients. In such cases, the premorbid state of the patient...
First episode of recurrent mood disorder or distinct subtype of late-onset depression? Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 1993; 242(6): 373-80. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02190251] [PMID: 8323988]Single episode of major depressive disorder[J] . Giovanni B. Cassano,Hagop S. Akiskal,...
Causes of major depressive disorder There is currently no known exact cause of major depressive disorder. It is thought to be due to a number of factors, although there are some known risk factors that can make a person more likely to experience an episode of depression: Genetics can play a...
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 (anhedonia and lethargy and sleep disturbance and despondency and morbid thought...
Worldwide, the incidence of major depressive disorder (MDD) is increasing annually, resulting in greater economic and social burdens. Moreover, the pathological mechanisms of MDD and the mechanisms underlying the effects of pharmacological treatments for MDD are complex and unclear, and additional diagn...
A major depressive episode (colloquially known as a nervous breakdown) is a psychiatric episode marked by extreme depressive symptoms. A major depressive episode has many symptoms of major depressive disorder but is different due to the non-chronic nature and the cause of the episode. Major ...