In today's life, people live a stressful life. Business life and the problems experienced in business life are a source of distress in themselves. In addition, financial difficulties become a stress factor for people. All the problems experienced are also reflected in people's social lives. and negatively affects
enjoyment of life. However, the problems we experience are not always at a level that can be diagnosed
, sometimes the negativities we experience can be in a temporary period. We can decide whether we meet the following diagnostic criteria
and determine the type of treatment.
DIAGNOSIS CRITERIA FOR MAJOR DEPRESSIVE EPISODES (according to DSM-IV-TR):
A -Presence of five (or more) of the following symptoms during a two-week period, accompanied by a change in previous level of functioning; At least one of the symptoms
must be either depressive mood or loss of interest or inability to enjoy anymore.
1- Depressive mood lasting almost all day long, almost every day,
2 - Significant decrease in interest in all (or most) activities, lasting almost all day, almost every day
or not being able to enjoy them as much as before,
3- Weight gain or weight loss,
4- Having insomnia (insomnia) or hypersomnia (excessive sleep) almost every day,
5- Having psychomotor agitation or retardation almost every day,
6- Almost every day, fatigue or loss of energy,
7- Almost every day, feeling of worthlessness, excessive or inappropriate guilt,
8- Almost every day, thinking or Decreased ability to concentrate one's thoughts on a particular subject or indecision,
9- Recurrent thoughts of death, recurrent thoughts of suicide and plans to commit suicide.
B- Mixed episode should be excluded,
C- These symptoms cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social-occupational areas or other important
areas of functionality.
D- Rule out the effects of substance use and general medical condition must have been treated,
E- Mourning-related condition must be excluded.
MAJOR DEPRESSIVE EPISODE SYMPTOMS (According to DSM-IV-TR)
A- In the emotional field
1- Depressive mood state
2- Inability to enjoy anything
B- In the vegetative field
3- Decrease in appetite/ increase
4- Insomnia/excessive sleep
5- Psychomotor retardation/agitation
6- Fatigue-exhaustion/Energy loss
C -In the cognitive field
7- Thoughts of guilt and worthlessness
8- Difficulty concentrating
9- Thoughts of death
If you also feel a general If you feel depressed and say that you are experiencing at least five or more of the diagnostic criteria above, you should definitely get support from an expert and look for ways to get rid of this situation. I live in Izmir and I wonder if I have major depression
> If you think you have symptoms that would lead to a diagnosis of disorder, we are here for you. Please contact us.
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