The diagnosis of major depressive disorder is based on the patient's self-reported experiences, behavior reported by relatives or friends, and a mental status examination. There is no laboratory ...

Sleep problems may be one of the first symptoms of major depressive disorder -- a serious, but treatable mental health problem, more commonly known as depression. Not only a symptom of depression ...

Depression, sometimes called major depressive disorder, can hurt your ability to think through even simple daily tasks. Doctors call this decline in thinking skills "cognitive impairment." ...

DENVER, Dec. 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Family Care Center has published promising new research on a groundbreaking treatment for patients with anxiety and major depressive disorder (MDD).

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a chronic and recurrent mental condition leading to huge impacts on direct and indirect personal and public medical costs. To overcome such a serious mental ...

The study aimed to investigate the discriminative validity of ED compared with two similar diagnoses, major depressive disorder (MDD) and adjustment disorder (AD). Using data from a sample of patients ...

Some people living with bipolar disorder also experience major depressive episodes or “down” moods. These three main symptoms — mania, hypomania, and depression — are the main features of ...

The proportion of people with major depressive disorder receiving minimally adequate treatment by country, 2021. Credit: The Lancet Psychiatry (2024). DOI: 10.1016/S2215-0366(24)00317-1 ...

Franco De Crescenzo [Opens in a new window], Riccardo De Giorgi [Opens in a new window], ...

Depression comes in forms ranging from major depression to dysthymia and seasonal affective disorder. Depressive episodes are also a feature of bipolar disorder. Depression is a complex condition ...