What is Major Depressive Disorder?
Today I talk about what MDD is and how it is diagnosed. The DSM states that you must have depressed mood and anhedonia in order for MDD to even be considered. Then you must have at least 5...
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Hey, everybody.Today, I’m gonna tell you what you need to know about Major Depressive Disorder,what is it, number one.Number two, what do we do? What are our treatment options?And there are a lot. So let’s get going.I’ve got my DSM, ♪ my DSM ♪.Okay, and so, it says,If you’re having trouble functioning in your daily life and you’ve had at leastfive of these symptoms for more than two weeks, which is such a short periodof time for the DSM because two weeks is not a long time,but you must have depressed mood and loss of interest or pleasure.You know I’ve talked about before like anhedonia?That’s the word that we use for that number two, loss of pleasure or interest?You must have that as well as depressed mood to even be consideredto have MDD.What are the s...
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Hey, everybody.Today, I’m gonna tell you what you need to know about Major Depressive Disorder,what is it, number one.Number two, what do we do? What are our treatment options?And there are a lot. So let’s get going.I’ve got my DSM, ♪ my DSM ♪.Okay, and so, it says,If you’re having trouble functioning in your daily life and you’ve had at leastfive of these symptoms for more than two weeks, which is such a short periodof time for the DSM because two weeks is not a long time,but you must have depressed mood and loss of interest or pleasure.You know I’ve talked about before like anhedonia?That’s the word that we use for that number two, loss of pleasure or interest?You must have that as well as depressed mood to even be consideredto have MDD.What are the s...
