A major depressive episode (MDE) is a period characterized by symptoms of major depressive disorder. Those affected primarily exhibit a depressive mood...

widely, from one episode lasting months to a lifelong disorder with recurrent major depressive episodes. Those with major depressive disorder are typically...

Psychotic depression, also known as depressive psychosis, is a major depressive episode that is accompanied by psychotic symptoms. It can occur in the...

full manic episodes) and one major depressive episode. It is classified as cyclothymia if there are hypomanic episodes with periods of depression that...

as major depressive disorder, but with longer-lasting symptoms. The concept was used by Robert Spitzer as a replacement for the term "depressive personality"...

include psychosis. The hypomanic episodes associated with BP-II must last for at least four days. Commonly, depressive episodes are more frequent and more intense...

cyclothymia experience both depressive phases and hypomanic phases (which are less severe than full manic episodes). The depressive and hypomanic symptoms...

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...

more major depressive episodes. After a single episode, Major Depressive Disorder (single episode) would be diagnosed. After more than one episode, the...

personality disorder with depressive features. Originally included in the American Psychiatric Association's DSM-II[citation needed], depressive personality disorder...

neuroticism are more likely to experience depressive symptoms and are more likely to receive a diagnosis of a depressive disorder. Additionally, depression is...

Melancholic features apply to an episode of depression that occurs as part of either major depressive disorder, persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia), or...

of one or more manic episodes or mixed episodes. Often, individuals have had one or more major depressive episodes. One episode of mania is sufficient...

patients with bipolar II disorder and, by convention, major depressive disorder. A depressive mixed state in a patient, however, even in the absence...

This diagnosis is not made if the behavior is exhibited during a major depressive episode or can be attributed to dysthymic disorder. The 10th revision of...

least one year or more fulfilling the diagnostic criteria for major depressive episodes (DSM-IV and ICD-10) except for duration in which RBD is less than...

NOS activity has also been correlated with major depressive episodes (MDEs) in the context of major depressive disorder, in a large case-control treatment...

stoic: "My people are very funny." In 1997, Greene suffered a major depressive episode, and had to be hospitalized after a police encounter. He recovered...

Endogenous depression (melancholia) is an atypical subclass of major depressive disorder (clinical depression). It could be caused by genetic and biological...

having a major depressive episode within any year-long period is 3–5% for males and 8–10% for females. Population studies have consistently shown major depression...

resistant. Another depressive feature that has been associated with poor response to treatment is longer duration of depressive episodes. Finally, people...

personality disorder Specialty Psychiatry Complications Dysthymia, major depressive episode Usual onset Early adulthood Risk factors Family history, abuse...

Mississippi Department of Education, a state agency of Mississippi, US Major depressive episode Methylenedioxyethylamphetamine, a psychoactive drug Mid-domain...

Double depression refers to the co-existence of major depressive disorder (MDD) and persistent depressive disorder (PDD), the latter previously referred...

devices when used to treat catatonia or a severe major depressive episode associated with major depressive disorder or bipolar disorder. In Western Australia...

Anxiety Disorder, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Panic Disorder, a Major Depressive Episode, Separation Anxiety, or another Somatoform Disorder. In the fifth...

bereavement to evolve into a depressive episode if the mood persisted and the characteristic features of a major depressive episode developed. The criteria...

pharmaceutical company Servier. Agomelatine is used for the treatment of major depressive episodes in adults in Europe and Australia. Ten placebo controlled trials...

worsen and often has no proven total cure Psychotic depression, a major depressive episode that is accompanied by psychotic symptoms Pupillary distance, in...

illness or a substance. To further meet criteria for Major Depressive Disorder, the depressive episode must not be attributable to another psychiatric disorder...