Improving practice – Major depressive disorder

Sheehan’s Syndrome Presenting as Major Depressive Disorder

Sheehan’s syndrome or Simmond’s disease is a rare endocrine disorder seen in clinical practice. The clinical spectrum is diverse and a high index of suspicion together with a good clinical acumen and proper diagnostic approach helps in early diagnosis and prompt treatment of this endocrinopathy. Sheehan’s syndrome presenting as a major depressive disorder finds less mention in the literature.Th...

Introduction: Evidence-Based Practice for Major Depressive Disorder

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a common, recurrent, and impairing condition that predicts future suicide attempts, interpersonal problems, unemployment, substance abuse, and delinquency (Kessler & Walters, 1998). According to the World Health Organization, 121 million people are currently suffering from MDD and it is a leading cause of disability worldwide among people 5 years old and older...

Major depressive disorder.

Copyright © 2008 Massachusetts Medical Society. Depression is related to the normal emotions of sadness and bereavement, but it does not remit when the external cause of these emotions dissipates, and it is disproportionate to their cause. Classic severe states of depression often have no external precipitating cause. It is difficult, however, to draw clear distinctions between depressions with...

PRACTICE GUIDEL INE FOR THE Treatment of Patients With Major Depressive Disorder Third Edition WORK GROUP ON MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER

Subcortical volumes differentiate Major Depressive Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, and remitted Major Depressive Disorder.

Subcortical gray matter regions have been implicated in mood disorders, including Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) and Bipolar Disorder (BD). It is unclear, however, whether or how these regions differ among mood disorders and whether such abnormalities are state- or trait-like. In this study, we examined differences in subcortical gray matter volumes among euthymic BD, MDD, remitted MDD (RMD), ...