Major depressive disorder, what is major depressive disorder

Depression is a common mental illness, which is mainly manifested as low mood, decreased interest, pessimism, slow thinking, lack of initiative, self-blame, poor diet and sleep, worrying that you have various diseases, feeling unwell in many parts of the body, and in severe cases, suicidal thoughts and behaviors may occur.

Depending on your situation, it is recommended that you go to the counseling room for counseling and consult a psychiatrist if necessary.

To a regular psychiatric hospital for medication** the sooner the treatment, the better the effect.

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1.pessimistic mood in patients with major depressive disorder - sadness, melancholy; Loss of interest or pleasure in most of the daily activities.

2.Appetite - poor appetite; Significant weight loss.

3.Sleep - insomnia or excessive sleepiness, intractable sleep disorder has become an important feature of the disease, and it has suggestive value in the early stage. Insomnia often precedes all other symptoms, and a return to normal sleep is often the first sign of normalization.

It is characterized by unprovoked, stubborn, long-term, long-lasting insomnia, manifested as early awakening, difficulty falling asleep, shallow sleep, easy to wake up, and unable to fall asleep after waking up in the middle of the night. Experience has shown that with antidepressants**, sleep disturbances are eliminated first, followed by gradual improvement of other depressive symptoms. The use of other sleep aids in an attempt to rule out sleep disorders is counterproductive and makes sleep worse.

Depressed patients wake up early in the morning, especially at 4 or 5 o'clock, which is the period of the lowest mood (consistent with the law of the lowest point of corticosteroid secretion), the most difficult and painful time, the most suicidal thoughts, and certain symptoms are characteristic.

4.Motor activity – significant slowing (motor retardation) or agitation5Feelings of guilt – feeling worthless; Self-blame delusions against the background of pessimism, negativity and depression, such as self-blame and self-guilt, delusions of exhaustion, delusions of nothingness, hypochondriacal illness or delusions of victimization, etc.; Auditory hallucinations are mostly auditory hallucinations with self-condemning content.

6.Attention – reduced ability to think and concentrate; Forgetfulness 7Suicide – repeated thoughts of death; Suicidal ideation or behavior.

Depression is a mood disorder characterized by low mood, which is divided into mild, moderate and severe, with 3 core symptoms plus additional symptoms, a total of 8 symptoms to be able to diagnose major depression. The 3 core symptoms are:

1. Low mood;

2. Decreased interest;

3. Lack of energy or excessive fatigue.

Additional symptoms include low self-esteem, loss of self-confidence and even guilt, recurrent suicidal thoughts or behaviors, slowed thinking or decreased concentration, changes in mental activity, retardation or irritability, any type of sleep disorder, and changes in appetite. The combination of core symptoms and additional symptoms meets 8 criteria to diagnose major depressive disorder. There is a group with psychotic symptoms, and there is a group without psychotic symptoms, psychotic symptoms mainly refer to two types of hallucinations, delusions, and harmony and disharmony between emotions and moods, and these specific classifications have specific diagnostic criteria and must meet these criteria.

In addition, whether there were concomitant somatic symptoms, one group had concomitant somatic symptoms, and the other group did not have concomitant somatic symptoms.