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Understanding Major Depressive Disorder: Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Statistics

Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) manifests through various symptoms across different domains: affective symptoms include guilt and persistent sadness, while behavioral symptoms may include passivity. Cognitive symptoms are characterized by negative thoughts and feelings of hopelessness, and somatic symptoms can involve fatigue, sleep disturbances, and changes in appetite. To diagnose MDD, individuals must exhibit a depressed mood or loss of interest for two weeks, along with at least four additional symptoms. Depression affects around 15% of people and is more common among women and those in lower socio-economic groups.

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Understanding Major Depressive Disorder: Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Statistics

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  1. Depression

  2. Symptoms of a Major Depressive Disorder • Affective: guilt and sadness, lack of enjoyment or pleasure in familiar activities or company. • Behavioural: passivity • Cognitive: negative thoughts, faulty attribution of blame, low self esteem, irrational hopelessness, difficulty concentrating, indecisiveness • Somatic: lack of energy, insomnia or hypersomnia, weight loss/gain, diminished libido.

  3. Diagnosis of Depression • When someone experiences two weeks of depressed mood or loss of interest or pleasure. • Diagnosis requires at least 4 additional symptoms (such as insomnia, suicidal thoughts, passivity, or difficulty concentrating).

  4. Facts about Depression • Depression affects 15% of people at some time in their life (Charney and Weismann 1988). • Depression tends to be a recurrent disorder with about 80% experiencing a subsequent episode. • Depression is 2-3 times more common in women than in men. • It occurs frequently among members of lower socio-economic groups. • Levav (1997) found the prevalence rate to be above average in Jewish males suggesting that some groups are more prone to depression.

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