Major Depressive Episode
What will be an ideal response?
> 5 symptoms that are present nearly continuously > 2 weeks:
Must include:
Depressed mood and/or
Anhedonia
Additional symptoms may include:
- Weight change (without attempt to gain or lose weight)
- Sleep disturbance
- Psychomotor agitation / retardation (observable by others)
- Fatigue / loss of energy
- Worthlessness / excessive or inappropriate guilt
- Concentration problems / indecisiveness
- Recurrent thoughts of death / suicidal ideation
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