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Depression
Diagnostic Criteria for Major
Depression |
Depressed mood or markedly decreased pleasure in
most activities. Duratiton > or = 2 weeks
At least 5 of the following symptoms are present nearly every day:
- Depressed mood
- Lost of interest or pleasure in most activities
- Significant weight loss/gain or decreased/increased appetite
- Insomnia or hypersomnia
- Psychomotor aggitation or retardation
- Loss of energy or fatigue
- Feelings of worthlessness or excessive/imappropriate guilt
- Diminished ability to think/concentrate or indecisiveness
- Recurrent thoughts of suicide or death
Symptoms cause clinically significant distress
Symptoms cannot be accounted for by other condtion. |
Adapted from DSM 4
Depression in
Primary Care from the NIH
This Clinical Practice Guideline (Depression in Primary Care: Volume 1. Detection
and Diagnosis; and Volume 2. Treatment of Major Depression) was developed with
support from the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) by the Depression
Guideline Panel to assist primary care providers (e.g., general practitioners,
family practitioners, internists, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, mental
health nurse specialists, physician assistants, and others) in the diagnosis
of depressive conditions and the treatment of major depressive disorder.
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