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...
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 ...
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a mental disorder that severely affects the patient's daily life routines. There are many symptoms, such as a constant sense of hopelessness, despair, and insomnia. The treatment of MDD is a challenging task for psychiatrists because there is no guarantee that...
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a common and (potentially) disabling psychiatric disorder affecting as many as 12% of adults globally, with its prevalence in the United States being highest among young adults, women, and the elderly [1]. MDD represents a major burden on public health, rank...
The genetic dissection of major depressive disorder (MDD) ranks as one of the success stories of psychiatric genetics, with genome-wide association studies (GWAS) identifying 178 genetic risk loci and proposing more than 200 candidate genes. However, the GWAS results derive from the analysis of co...
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a serious mental illness, characterized by high morbidity, which has increased in recent decades. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying MDD remain unclear. Previous studies have identified altered metabolic profi
I am at the belief that pain is misunderstood and since many pain syndromes currently have no cure that many people are mis-diagnosed with a mental illness, namely Bipolar disorder as a means to justify that which cannot be accepted or explained. ...
Major Depressive Disorder The diagnostic criteria for MDD (adapted from DSM-V)1are listed inTable F41-1. To meet these criteria, amajor depressive episodeas defined by A–C and distress or impairment must be present, and the condition is not better explained by substance use, a medical diso...
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a recurrent, debilitating, and potentially life threatening illness. Over the last 100 years, the age of onset of major depression has decreased, and its overall incidence has increased in Western countries. The increases in depression, up to 20-fold higher pos...
Major depressive disorder (MDD) and bipolar disorder (BD) are highly disabling illnesses defined by different psychopathological, neuroimaging, and cognitive profiles. In the last decades, immune dysregulation has received increasing attention as a central factor in the pathophysiology of these disorders....