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What is depressive disorder?
Major depression is when a person has five or more symptoms of depression for at least 2 weeks. These symptoms include feeling sad, hopeless, worthless, or pessimistic. In addition, people with major depression often have behavior changes, such as new eating and sleeping patterns.
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Also known as Melancholia, Depressive Disorders, Endogenous Depression, Unipolar Depression, Neurotic Depression, Depressive Syndromes, Depressive Syndrome, Unipolar Depressions, Depressive Neurosis, Melancholias, Depressive Neuroses, Endogenous Depressions, Neurotic Depressions
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Manic-Depressive Disorder
Cyclic affective psychosis in which there are alternating moods of depression and mania. This is a psychosis that is characterized by extreme mood swings. The typical manic-depressive individual will go from a period of unrealistic enthusiasm and elation to misery and the depths of depression. When he is in the depressive stage, the patients demonstrates low self-esteem and has feelings of hopelessness. They lack motivation to do anything, even to get out of bed. Some sleep for weeks. Some withdraw from social activities, avoid relationships with others, and are unable to work Mania is a mental disorder characterized by excessive excitement, a form of psychosis characterized by exalted feelings, delusions of grandeur, elevation of mood, psychomotor overactivity, and overproduction of ideas. Used in a combining form to signify obsessive preoccupation. The depression is characterized by altered mood. There is loss of interest in all usually pleasurable outlets such as food, sex, work, friends, hobbies, or entertainment. Diagnostic criteria include presence of at least 4 of the following every day for at least 2 weeks: Poor appetite or significant weight loss, or increased weight gain, Insomnia or hypersomnia, Psychomotor agitation or retardation, Loss of interest or pleasure in usual activities, or decreased sex drive, Loss of energy, or fatigue, Feelings of worthlessness, self-reproach, or excessive or inappropriate guilt, Complaints of or evidence of diminished ability to think or concentrate, Recurrent thoughts off death, suicidal ideation, wish to be dead, or attempted suicide. When in the manic stage, the manic-depressive will have what seems to be boundless energy, will not want to rest or sleep for 24 hours or more. Read more on
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Bipolar Disorder
From high to low. From mania to depression. From recklessness to listlessness. These are the extremes associated with bipolar disorder, a mental illness characterized by mood instability that can be serious and disabling. Bipolar disorder is also known as manic-depression or manic-depressive illness manic behavior is one extreme of this disorder, and depression is the other. Read more on
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Psych Central: Depression and Major Depressive Disorder Symptoms
Symptoms of clinical depression, dysthymic disorder, major depression and mood disorders, and common treatments. Read more on
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Major Depressive Disorder - All About Depression: Home Page
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Nov 10, 2009 ... The diagnostic criteria for Major Depressive Disorder according to the DSM-IV. Read more on
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Disorders That Disrupt Sleep
Parasomnias are disruptive sleep-related disorders. They are characterized by undesirable physical or verbal behaviors or experiences. Parasomnias occur in association with sleep, specific stages of sleep (see Sleep: Understanding the Basics), or sleep-awake transition phases. Parasomnias may be divided into the following categories: Read more on
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Manic Depression (Manic Depressive Disorder): Symptoms, Treatments ...
Get the basics about bipolar disorder -- including causes, diagnosis, symptoms, and treatment -- from the experts at WebMD. Read more on
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FDA approves Viibryd to treat major depressive disorder - FDA.gov
Jan 21, 2011 ... The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Viibryd tablets (vilazodone hydrochloride) to treat major depressive disorder in adults ... Read more on
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The Epidemiology of Major Depressive Disorder, June 18, 2003 ...
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Panic disorder with agoraphobia
Panic disorder may occur with other anxiety disorders or depression. You may abuse alcohol or other drugs while trying to self-medicate. You may be unable to function at work or in social situations. You may feel isolated or lonely, depressed, or suicidal.
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Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive illness, is a psychiatric disease characterized by periods of abnormally elevated moods, often followed by episodes of depression. An individual with manic-depressive illness has episodes of mania characterized by an abnormally elevated mood, sleeplessness, racing thoughts, and pressured speech. In severe cases, thoughts become increasingly chaotic, and may become completely removed from reality. Without treatment, the disorder often has disastrous consequences: during manic episodes, peoples' actions may cause them to lose jobs, destroy relationships, go into debt, and even put themselves into dangerous situations. Hospitalization is sometimes required to prevent such consequences or suicide.
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Dysthymic disorder
Dysthymic (dis-THI-mic) disorder, also called dysthymia, is a long-term mild to moderate type of mood (emotion) disorder. It is the most common type of depression and is often seen among women. Dysthymia is when you feel depressed most of the day and are depressed for more days than not for at least two years. Dysthymia affects how you feel about yourself and life in general. It can involve a depressed mood or a loss of interest or pleasure in all or almost all of your usual activities. This may greatly affect your daily activities at school, work, or at home. Dysthymia may also cause you to have problems getting along with your family, friends, and other people.
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Cyclothymic disorder
The cause of cyclothymic disorder is unknown. Although the changes in mood are irregular and quick, the mood swings are far less severe than in bipolar disorder (manic depressive illness). Unlike in bipolar disorder, periods of hypomania often do not become actual mania.
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Schizoaffective disorder
Schizoaffective (skits-o-ah-fek-tiv) disorder is a mental illness. You will have this for a long time. It affects your mood and your thinking. Sometimes it is hard to know what is real and what is not real. Sometimes you may feel very depressed (sad), happy, or both. Schizoaffective disorder can change how you think and act around others. There is no cure for schizoaffective disorder. But, medicine and therapy can help.
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Seasonal affective disorder
Seasonal affective disorder can sometimes progress to a major depressive syndrome.
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Schizotypal personality disorder
People with schizotypal personality disorder are at an increased risk of: Schizophrenia, Major depression, Anxiety disorder, characterized by prolonged worry or uneasiness, Dysthymia, a low-grade depressed mood that continues for more than two years, Panic disorder, characterized by sudden bouts of heart-pounding terror, Social phobia, characterized by overwhelming anxiety and excessive self-consciousness in everyday social situations, Avoidant personality disorder, characterized by a pervasive pattern of social inhibition and feelings of ineptness, Obsessive-compulsive disorder, characterized by recurrent, unwanted thoughts and repetitive behaviors, Borderline personality disorder, characterized...
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Oramorph SR
The depressant effects of morphine are potentiated by the presence of other CNS depressants such as alcohol, sedatives, antihistaminics, or psychotropic drugs. Use of neuroleptics in conjunction with oral morphine may increase the risk of respiratory depression, hypotension and profound sedation or coma.
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Major depressive disorder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Major depressive disorder (MDD) (also known as recurrent depressive disorder, clinical depression, major depression, unipolar depression, ...
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Depression Symptoms, Treatment, Medication, Causes, Types, Signs ...
Mar 12, 2011 ... Depressive disorders have been with mankind since the beginning of recorded history. In the Bible, King David, as well as Job, suffered from ...
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NIMH · Depression
Major depressive disorder, also called major depression, is characterized by a combination of symptoms that interfere with a person's ability to work, ...
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