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Mood (Affective ) Disorder

Mood (Affective ) Disorder. UNIPOLAR DEPRESSION. Everyone. Has bad days Gets tired Gets angry Gets the blues But that’s not clinical depression. Major depressive disorder (MDD). DSM-IVR AND ICD-10 AGREE MOSTLY ON DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA. FOR DIAGNOSIS.

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Mood (Affective ) Disorder

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  1. Mood (Affective ) Disorder UNIPOLAR DEPRESSION

  2. Everyone • Has bad days • Gets tired • Gets angry • Gets the blues But that’s not clinical depression

  3. Major depressive disorder (MDD) • DSM-IVR AND ICD-10 AGREE MOSTLY ON DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA

  4. FOR DIAGNOSIS • Symptoms should have been present for more than 2 weeks

  5. 5 • Five of the following symptoms • Within the same 2-week period Representing a change in mood or behaviour in the person

  6. P. 342-343 in NT • Find out what these criteria are.

  7. Symptoms of depression • Depressed mood most of the day • Diminished interest and pleasure • Loss of appetite • Eating excessively • Lack of concentration • Psychomotor agitation or retardation • Fatigue • Feelings of worthlessness • Lack of concentration – indecisiveness • Recurrent thoughts of death • Distress or impairment in social, occupational functioning

  8. Can’t be accounted for by other physiological factors • No bereavement involved.

  9. Dysthymic disorder • Fewer milder symptoms

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