There has not been one specific cause of recurrent episode major depressive disorder. Researchers believe a combination of biological, psychological, and environmental factors are causes for major depression. Biological factors Potential biological factors in the development of major depressive disor...
The aims of the present study were twofold: to examine TCI personality profile in remitted MDD (DSM-IV) patients and to compare TCI personality between MDD patients with single episode (SGL-MDD) and those with recurrent episodes (REC-MDD) in order to elucidate personality profile associated ...
Major depressive disorder, single episode A. Presence of a singlemajor depressive episode. B. There has NEVER been a manic, mixed, orhypomanic episode. 2. Major depressive disorder, recurrent A. Presence of two or more depressive episodes—to be considered separate episodes, there must be anin...
Recurrent thoughts of death,or suicidality, including suicidal thoughts,with or without a specific plan,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 aims of the present study were twofold: to examine TCI personality profile in remitted MDD (DSM-IV) patients and to compare TCI personality between MDD patients with single episode (SGL-MDD) and those with recurrent episodes (REC-MDD) in order to elucidate personality profile associated ...
Objective.—To test a priori hypotheses that miscarrying women are at increased risk for a first or recurrent episode of major depressive disorder in the 6 months following loss and that this increased risk is greater for childless women, women with prior reproductive loss, and women aged 35 ye...
If no items from criterion C are present, six of the following nine criteria are needed: 1) hyperthymic personality (at baseline, nondepressed state); 2) recurrent major depressive episode (>3); 3) brief major depressive episodes (on average, <3 months); 4) atypical depressive features (...
There has never been amanicepisode or ahypomanicepisode. (i.e. - a bipolar diagnosis trumps a major depressive disorder diagnosis) Episode Specifier Single episode Recurrent episode Severity Specifier Mild: Few, if any, symptoms in excess of those required to make the diagnosis are present, the...
basedmajor depressivedisorder(MDD)careintodailypractice,includingregularmeasurementofsymptoms andseverity;employevidence-basedstrategiesfortreatment-resistantdepressioninapatientwith somefeaturesofbipolardisorder;andreviewadjunctivetherapeuticstrategiesforaugmentationin adultswithrecurrentMDDatriskfortreatment-emergentaffective...
To qualify as a major depressive episode the symptoms must cause distress or impairment in functioning and not be due to alcohol, another substance, or a general medical condition. Presence of psychotic features (e.g.hallucinationsordelusions)with major depressive episodes reflects severe disease and...