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depressive disorder
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | depressive disorder - a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical interventionclinical depression, depressionaffective disorder, emotional disorder, emotional disturbance, major affective disorder - any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominantagitated depression - a state of clinical depression in which the person exhibits irritability and restlessnessanaclitic depression - severe and progressive depression in infants who lose their mother and do not get a suitable substitutedysthymia, dysthymic depression - mild chronic depression; "I thought she had just been in a bad mood for thirty years, but the doctor called it dysthymia"endogenous depression - a state of depression for which there is no apparent precipitating causeexogenous depression, reactive depression - an inappropriate state of depression that is precipitated by events in the person's life (to be distinguished from normal grief)major depressive episode - (psychiatry) a state of depression with all the classic symptoms (anhedonia and lethargy and sleep disturbance and despondency and morbid thoughts and feelings of worthlessness and sometimes attempted suicide) but with no known organic dysfunctionneurotic depression - a term used for any state of depression that is not psychoticpsychotic depression - a state of depression so severe that the person loses contact with reality and suffers a variety of functional impairmentsretarded depression - a state of clinical depression in which the individual is lethargic and slow to initiate action |
depressive disorder
depressive disorder Psychiatry Any of a number of conditions characterized by one or more depressive episodes–major DD, depressed mood–dysthymic disorder and adjustment disorder with depressed mood, and those that do not fit the criteria of other conditions–aka, DD not otherwise specifiedPatient discussion about depressive disorderQ. My cousin who is 28 yrs old and doubted as depressed disorder. My cousin who is 28 yrs old and doubted as depressed disorder. What are the defining characteristics of this disorder?A. Maverick, In the manic phase: elated or irritable mood, decreased need for sleep, grandiosity, distractibility, high energy, pressure of speech, racing thoughts, impulsive or risky behavior. In depression: sad mood, loss of interest, suicidal feelings, fatigue, insomnia, inability to concentrate or make decisions, and feelings of worthlessness. Q. what causes manic depression disorder?? how do you become bipolar?A. ost scientists now agree that there is no single cause for bipolar disorder (manic depression).there is a strong genetic connection to it, but there are also unknown environmental causes. they know this from research on identical twins, one twin can have an outburst and the other- none. but from what i read there is extensive research on that area with all those new imaging equipment, so i guess we are close then ever to finding out :) Q. Is depression related to bipolar if so then how is bipolar disorder different from depression? A. Hi Samir,
The major difference between bipolar disorder and depression is the mood swings. Someone with depression will move between balanced emotional state and a depressive state. Where someone with bipolar disorder will cycle between mania and depression. A depression experienced by someone with bipolar disorder can be more severe than major depression as Wwson said above, it may also last longer or cycle more rapidly. I hope this answers your question. More discussions about depressive disorderdepressive disorder
Related to depressive disorder: Depressive personality disorder, Major Depressive Disorder, Manic depressive disorderSynonyms for depressive disordernoun a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical interventionSynonyms- clinical depression
- depression
Related Words- affective disorder
- emotional disorder
- emotional disturbance
- major affective disorder
- agitated depression
- anaclitic depression
- dysthymia
- dysthymic depression
- endogenous depression
- exogenous depression
- reactive depression
- major depressive episode
- neurotic depression
- psychotic depression
- retarded depression
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