Blogs: Major Depressive Disorder

A diagnosis of bipolar II disorder is typically made when the patient has had one or more major depressive episodes, at least one hypomania episode, no manic episodes, and when no other reason for symptoms can be found. ...

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If the new edition is approved, my symptoms will be diagnosed as a major depressive disorder. I don't go to a psychiatrist. I don't take anti-depressant drugs. I don't judge anyone who does. But I bristle at the idea of a group of ...

... antidepressants and drugs in general to improve affordability, and one example is the approval this year of the generic version of the antidepressant Effexor, which is used to treat major depressive disorder, according to the FDA. ...

In the United States alone, nearly 15 million adults suffer from a major depressive disorder. Though there are several treatment options, many of the medications that are prescribed to patients with depression have a delay in their ...

OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of adjunctive aripiprazole versus adjunctive placebo treatment on suicidality in patients with major depressive disorder. METHOD: Data were pooled from 2 identical aripiprazole augmentation studies. ...

BACKGROUND: Given the complex relationships between fibromyalgia and major depressive disorder (MDD), it has been suggested that fibromyalgia is a “masked” MDD. In experimental settings, fibromyalgia is associated with lowered pain ...

Major depressive disorder (also known as recurrent depressive disorder, clinical depression, major depression, unipolar depression, or unipolar disorder) is a mental disorder characterized by an all-encompassing low mood accompanied by ...

Bipolar disorder is characterized by lengthy mood swings that last for weeks at a time. The DSM requirement is that a manic episode must last at least 5 days to qualify as a true manic episode, and a major depressive episode needs to ...