The DSM is a resource mental health professionals can turn to for standardized diagnostic criteria for mental health ...

(The DSM-5 is the fifth edition of the book that helps clinicians make mental health diagnoses.) “It typically refers to a sudden and intense wave of despair, emotional paralysis or deep exhaustion.” ...

Major depressive disorder (MDD ... Interview Guide for Evaluating DSM-IV Psychiatric Disorders and the Mental Status Examination. East Greenwich, RI: Psych Product Press; 1994.

Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and major depressive disorder (MDD ... Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth ...

Emerge is the first Phase 3 study of lysergide D-tartrate (LSD) in MDD; primary endpoint will measure change from baseline in Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) score at Week 6 between ...

To an outsider, bipolar disorder ... depression. For example, people might experience atypical symptoms" like sleeping too much, increased appetite or feeling extremely slowed down,” Ditzell says.

Excessive daytime napping was significantly and independently associated with depressive symptoms among patients with bipolar disorder.

Methods—Twelve patients (mean (SD) age 49 (10) years; five men, seven women) with a major depressive episode according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Society of Psychiatry ...

In addition, first-degree biological relatives of people with MDD are 1.5 to 3 times ... a pre-existing dysthymic disorder. Left untreated, a typical episode of major depression will run ...