Diagnoses of depression DSM-IV-TR criteria were available from 285 patients at baseline and at 2-year follow-up. Severity of the depressive symptoms, as assessed with the Inventory of Depressive ...

Diagnosis of major depression is made when an individual endorses at least one of the cardinal symptoms (i.e. depressed mood and/or loss of interest) and a number of other symptoms as described in the ...

A new Macquarie University study suggests that instead of relying on the 'bible' of mental health diagnosis, we need a ...

Depression is a mood disorder with a group of symptoms including constant sadness or lack of interest in life. There are a lot of signs of depression, but you may not have them all. How intense ...

Both the DSM and the ICD state that psychopathy (or sociopathy) are synonyms of their diagnosis. Psychopathy and sociopathy are terms related to ASPD. ASPD replaced psychopathy as a diagnosis in ...

One of the most common symptoms of depression in children is irritability. But children may also show symptoms more like those adults exhibit: sadness, lethargy, lack of interest in and withdrawal ...

Most suicides are linked to some form of psychiatric illness, particularly depression, and the more severe the depression, the greater the risk. Still, most people with major depression do not die ...

Depression rates are rising and researchers and clinicians now say that depression often begins in childhood. Kathleen P. Hockey is a licensed social worker who has also suffered from depression.

TikTok content on dissociative identity disorder (DID), a rare mental illness, exploded among teens and youth during the ...

On social media and elsewhere people often refer to this as “nighttime depression.” But is that really a thing? And if so, why do some people get blue at night? Feeling down after dusk doesn ...

As winter approaches and daylight hours grow shorter, people prone to seasonal depression can feel it in their bodies and brains. “It’s a feeling of panic, fear, anxiety and dread all in one ...