Major Depression Criteria WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Major Depression Criteria
For a diagnosis of a major depression, a doctor looks for five different signs and symptoms. These must all occur within the same two weeks of observation.1 These symptoms must be a definite change from the normal functioning of the individual.2
Fast Facts:
- Depression affects people of all cultures, ages, income, and race.2
- There is no laboratory test that can diagnose major depression.3
- Major depressive disorder is diagnosed twice as often in women as men.3
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Research Notes References
- ↑ HealthyPlace: Diagnostic Criteria for Major Depressive Episode
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 PsychNet UK: Major Depressive Episode
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Wikipedia: Major Depressive Disorder
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- Contributor: Tara Salamone
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 15, 2009
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- Contributor: Tara Salamone
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Criteria for major depression, Diagnostic Criteria for Major Depression
- Last update: Jan. 15, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
