Major Depressive Episode
Depression is a mood disorder that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest. Also called major depressive disorder or clinical depression, it affects how you feel, think and behave and can lead to a variety of emotional and physical problems. You may have trouble doing normal day-to-day activities, and sometimes you may feel as if life isn’t worth living.
More than just a bout of the blues, depression isn’t a weakness and you can’t simply “snap out” of it. Depression may require long-term treatment. But don’t get discouraged. Most people with depression feel better with medication, psychotherapy or both.
Cluster Number:
Wiki Number: PW116
Diagnosis: Major Depressive Episode
US Patients: If untreated can last for several months to two years. Symptoms may improve within 6-8 weeks with treatment.
World Patients:
Sex Ratio: M+;F
Age Onset: Ages 20-45
Brain Area:
Symptoms: Symptoms for two weeks of major depressive disorder: loss of interest or pleasure, anxiety, insomnia
Progression: saddened mood, poor sleep, loss of energy, concentration or appetite, thoughts of death or suicide
Causes: Neurotransmitters out of balance, feeling worthless and dispairing; heredity or familial causes
Medications: antidepressants which take 4-6 weeks until maximum effect;
Therapies: psychotherapy
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- Local and Transient Changes of Sleep Spindle Density During Series of Prefrontal Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Patients With a Major Depressive Episodeby Takuji Izuno on January 24, 2022
The neuromodulatory effects of brain stimulation therapies notably involving repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) on nocturnal sleep, which is critically disturbed in major depression and other neuropsychiatric disorders, remain largely undetermined. We have previously reported in major depression patients that prefrontal rTMS sessions enhanced their slow wave activity (SWA) power, but not their sigma power which is related to sleep spindle activity, for electrodes located nearby...
- Functional Visual Loss in a Young Patient With Systemic Lupus Erythematosusby Abbas Abd Hamid on January 24, 2022
We describe a rare case of a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) with functional visual loss (FVL). A 30-year-old female had blindness in the left eye due to multiple episodes of optic neuritis with underlying SLE. She presented with blurred vision in the right eye after an upper respiratory tract infection. The visual acuity in the right eye was 6/24, while the left eye had no light perception. The right eye optic nerve function tests were within normal limits. There was a positive...
- Pelvic floor muscle training on urinary incontinence and sexual function in people with multiple sclerosis: A systematic reviewby Ipek Yavas on January 23, 2022
CONCLUSION: Current evidence suggests that pelvic floor muscle training seems to be an effective treatment modality for improving health-related quality of life and reducing the severity of urinary incontinence and overactive bladder symptoms in people with multiple sclerosis. It also can reduce leakage episodes, pad usage, anxiety, and depression and improve sexual function. However, it should be noted that all included studies had some concerns or a high risk of bias in at least one domain of...
- Higher trait neuroticism is associated with greater fatty acid amide hydrolase binding in borderline and antisocial personality disordersby Nathan J Kolla on January 22, 2022
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) and antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) are the two most frequently diagnosed and researched DSM-5 personality disorders, and both are characterized by high levels of trait neuroticism. Fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH), an enzyme of the endocannabinoid system (ECS), has been linked to regulation of mood through modulation of anandamide, an endocannabinoid. We hypothesized that prefrontal cortex (PFC) FAAH binding would relate to trait neuroticism in...