Overview Unspecified depressive disorder is used when a person has depressive symptoms that cause clinically significant distress or impairment but do not meet the full criteria for a specific depressive disorder, often because there is insufficient information to make a more specific diagnosis, such as in an emergency setting. Signs and Symptoms Symptoms can include …
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Substance/Medication-Induced Depressive Disorder
Overview Substance/medication-induced depressive disorder involves a prominent and persistent disturbance in mood characterized by depressed mood or loss of interest, developing during or soon after substance intoxication, withdrawal, or exposure to a medication known to be capable of producing the symptoms. Signs and Symptoms Symptoms can include persistent low mood, loss of interest, fatigue, and …
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Depressive Disorder Due to Another Medical Condition
Overview Depressive disorder due to another medical condition involves a prominent and persistent period of depressed mood or markedly diminished interest or pleasure, judged to be the direct physiological consequence of an underlying medical condition, such as thyroid disease, certain cancers, or neurological conditions. Signs and Symptoms Symptoms can include persistent low mood, loss of …
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Seasonal Affective Disorder (Seasonal Pattern)
Overview Seasonal affective disorder refers to a seasonal pattern of major depressive episodes that regularly begin and end at particular times of year, most commonly with depressive episodes beginning in fall or winter and remitting in spring. Signs and Symptoms Symptoms can include low mood, low energy, increased sleep, carbohydrate cravings, and weight gain, following …
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Antenatal (Prenatal) Depression
Overview Antenatal depression refers to a major depressive episode occurring during pregnancy, involving persistent depressed mood, loss of interest, and related symptoms that affect daily functioning and wellbeing. Signs and Symptoms Symptoms can include persistent sadness, excessive worry about the pregnancy or baby, changes in sleep and appetite beyond typical pregnancy changes, and loss of …
Persistent Depressive Disorder
Overview Persistent depressive disorder, also called dysthymia, involves a chronic depressed mood occurring for most of the day, for more days than not, for at least two years (one year in children and adolescents), along with additional depressive symptoms. Signs and Symptoms Symptoms can include poor appetite or overeating, sleep difficulties, low energy, low self-esteem, …
Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder
Overview Premenstrual dysphoric disorder involves marked mood lability, irritability, depressed mood, or anxiety occurring in the final week before the onset of menses, improving within a few days after onset, and becoming minimal or absent in the week post-menses. Signs and Symptoms Symptoms can include mood swings, irritability, depressed mood, anxiety, and physical symptoms such …
Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder
Overview Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder involves chronic, severe irritability in children, characterized by frequent temper outbursts that are grossly out of proportion to the situation, along with persistently irritable or angry mood between outbursts. Signs and Symptoms Symptoms can include verbal or behavioral outbursts occurring three or more times per week, along with irritable or …
Depressive Disorders
Overview Depressive disorders are a group of conditions, including major depressive disorder and persistent depressive disorder, that share the common feature of sad, empty, or irritable mood accompanied by physical and cognitive changes affecting a person’s capacity to function. Signs and Symptoms Symptoms can include persistent low mood, loss of interest in activities, appetite or …
Postpartum Depression
Overview Postpartum depression is a depressive episode that occurs during pregnancy or within weeks to months after childbirth. It is more intense and longer-lasting than the brief mood changes sometimes called the “baby blues.” Signs and Symptoms Symptoms can include persistent sadness, loss of interest, excessive fatigue, feelings of guilt or inadequacy as a parent, …