Minor depressive disorder
The essential feature of minor depressive disorder includes one or more depressive episodes that mimic a major depressive episode in length, but fewer symptoms are present and there is less impairment than in major depression. A depressive episode must involve either a sad or depressed mood or loss of interest in almost all previously enjoyed activities.
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Wiki Number: PW122
Diagnosis: Minor Depressive Disorder
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Symptoms: 2 of 4 depression symptoms for 2 weeks:loss of interest, depressed mood; insomnia, weight loss, feel worthless, suicidal thoughts
Progression: The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th ed., 2013 no longer includes this diagnosis.
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Medications: antidepressants
Therapies: CBT
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- Shared Genetic Links Between Sleep, Neurodevelopmental and Neuropsychiatric Conditions: A Genome-Wide and Pathway-Based Polygenic Score Analysisby Laura Fahey on December 26, 2024
Genetic correlations have been reported between chronotype and both autism (AUT) and schizophrenia (SCZ), as well as between insomnia and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), bipolar disorder (BP), schizophrenia (SCZ) and major depression (MDD). Our study aimed to investigate these shared genetic variations using genome-wide and pathway-based polygenic score analyses. We computed polygenic scores using summary statistics from genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of ADHD (N =...
- The effect of depression on non-suicidal self-injury and psychological status in adolescents with unipolar and bipolar disordersby Zhuofan Ye on December 19, 2024
CONCLUSION: The differences in NSSI behaviors between adolescents with UD and those with BD were statistically significant in terms of self-injury method and severity. Adolescents with UD experienced more severe consequences related to NSSI behaviors. Regarding psychological conditions, adolescents with BD are at a higher risk of suicide. An inverse relationship was observed between anxiety severity and the frequency of NSSI in adolescents with BD; severe anxiety was associated with lower NSSI...
- Examining Systemic and Interpersonal Bias in Violence Risk Assessments of Patients in Acute Psychiatric Careby Christoffer Dharma on December 19, 2024
CONCLUSIONS: Systemic factors, such as admission by police and housing status, and having severe mental illness were the primary drivers of observed inequities in risk assessments of patients from racial-ethnic minority groups. Addressing these systemic factors might be key to improving acute psychiatric care.
- The Effect of Forkhead Box O1 Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms on Cortical Thickness and White Matter Integrity in High Suicide Risk Patientsby Daun Shin on November 29, 2024
CONCLUSION: Our study reveals close association between the minor allele of the FoxO1 gene rs34733279 and suicide risk in the left cingulum highlights the potential key role of the FoxO1 gene rs34733279 in the context of suicidal vulnerability. Further investigations are warranted to elucidate the underlying biological mechanisms.