Major Depressive Disorder
Major depressive disorder (MDD), kent simply as depression, is a mental disorder chairacterised bi at least twa weeks o law muid that is present athort maist situations.
It is eften accompanied bi law self-esteem, loss o interest in normally enjoyable activities, law energy, an pyne wioot a clear cause.
| Major depressive disorder | |
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| Synonyms | Clinical depression, major depression, unipolar depression, unipolar disorder, recurrent depression |
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| Vincent van Gogh's 1890 pentin Sorraein auld man ('At Eternity's Gate') | |
| Specialty | Psychiatry |
| Symptoms | Law muid, law sel-esteem, loss o interest in normally enjoyable activities, law energy, pyne withoot a clear cause |
| Complications | Suicide |
| Uisual onset | 20s–30s |
| Duration | > 2 weeks |
| Causes | Genetic, environmental, an psychological factors |
| Risk factors | Faimily history, major life cheenges, certain medications, chronic heal problems, substance abuiss |
| Seemilar condeetions | Sadness |
| Treatment | Coonselin, antidepressant medication, electroconvulsive therapy |
| Frequency | 216 million (2015) |
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