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Major depressive episode — Classification and external resources ICD 10 F32.2 F32.3 ICD 9 … Wikipedia
major depressive disorder — n a mood disorder having a clinical course involving one or more episodes of serious psychological depression that last two or more weeks each, do not have intervening episodes of mania or hypomania, and are characterized by a loss of interest or … Medical dictionary
Major depressive disorder — For other depressive disorders, see Mood disorder. Major Depressive Disorder Classification and external resources … Wikipedia
major depressive episode — noun (psychiatry) a state of depression with all the classic symptoms (anhedonia and lethargy and sleep disturbance and despondency and morbid thoughts and feelings of worthlessness and sometimes attempted suicide) but with no known organic… … Useful english dictionary
major depressive disorder — noun Date: 1978 a mood disorder having a clinical course involving one or more episodes of serious psychological depression lasting two or more weeks each with no intervening episodes of mania … New Collegiate Dictionary
major depressive episode — [DSM IV] a period of two weeks or longer characterized by daily and day long depressed mood or loss of interest or pleasure in virtually all activities; in children or adolescents the mood may be irritable. Also present is some combination of the … Medical dictionary
major depressive disorder — noun : a mood disorder having a clinical course involving one or more episodes of serious psychological depression that last two or more weeks each with no intervening episodes of mania and are characterized especially by a loss of interest or… … Useful english dictionary
Depressive personality disorder — (also known as melancholic personality disorder) is a controversial psychiatric diagnosis that denotes a personality disorder with depressive features. Originally included in the American Psychiatric Association s DSM II, depressive personality… … Wikipedia
Depressive Disorder Not Otherwise Specified — (DD NOS) is designated by the code 311 in the DSM IV for depressive disorders that are impairing but do not fit any the officially specified diagnoses. According to the DSM IV, DD NOS encompasses any depressive disorder that does not meet the… … Wikipedia
Depressive realism — is the proposition that people with depression actually have a more accurate perception of reality, specifically that they are less affected by positive illusions of illusory superiority, the Locus of Control and optimism bias. The concept refers … Wikipedia
