Caring For a Patient with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)

INTRODUCTION Major depressive disorder (MDD) is characterized by the presence of one or more major depressive episodes (MDE), mixed or equal episodes without a history of mania. The onset of substance-induced mood disorder and mood disorder due to general medical conditions does not apply to the diagnosis of MDD, it can also explain better by separating emotional disorders, delusions or psychosis not shown elsewhere Can not. MDE is defined as a period of at least two weeks in which an individual experiences loss or loss of depression or interest in almost all activities.

Major depression (MDD) is a very debilitating disease and uses more medical expenses than many other chronically debilitating diseases. MDD seems to be the most debilitating in depressed patients. We reported a 75-year-old female patient who experienced multiple MDD episodes. For 40 years, her recurrence of depression was equivalent to 15 MDD events. She also received three electrokinetic therapies (ECT) with 15 MDD episodes. While beneficial at the time of treatment, recurrence occurred within 2 to 4 years of previous MDD symptoms in the case of non-ECT treatment. This case demonstrates that MDD can occur as a stable phenotype in many events. It is recognized that psychotic symptoms are important for providing optimal treatment options with available psychopharmacologic therapy and intensive therapy.

Major depressive disorder (MDD), commonly referred to as major depression, unipolar depression or clinical depression, one individual has one or more severe depressive episodes. Diagnosis of severe depression (single episode) is diagnosed after one episode. Diagnosis is major depression (relapse) after multiple episodes. Depression without mania is sometimes called unipolar depression. Emotions are still at the bottom of "poles", they do not rise as high as bipolar disorder, arrogant "pole".

Major depression MDD, clinical depression - Contrary to normal depression, it almost means all bad or depressed mood of depression, severe depression is a complex symptom. In addition, MDD may not be associated with low mood, depression or sadness, so-called depression or depression. There are reasons to suspect MDD or depressive symptoms (related to bipolar disorder) if the following symptoms persist for more than 2 weeks and begin to interfere with normal life, workplace or school, social function