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The DSM-5 outlines the following criterion to make a diagnosis of depression. The individual must be experiencing five or more symptoms during the same 2-week period and at least one of the...
Depression is a mood disorder that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest.[1][2] The American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) classifies the depressive disorders into:
The DSM-5 reminds clinicians to assess patients with depression for symptoms of mania and hypomania. The presence of these symptoms may indicate the new specifier for depression, “with mixed features,” should be added.
The two main diagnostic criteria for depression (depressed mood and loss of interest or pleasure) differ regarding their discrimination ability when the level of depression is considered: depressed mood is the most reliable DSM-5 symptom to discriminate moderate depression from non-depression whereas anhedonia emerges as an important criterion ...
Other depressive disorders found in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5-TR) include disruptive mood dysregulation disorder (diagnosed in children and adolescents) and premenstrual dysphoric disorder (that affects women around the time of their period).
The DSM-5 Criteria for Major Depressive Disorder is a set of diagnostic criteria for major depressive disorder (MDD).
The new DSM-5 modified the guidelines for diagnosing depression and depressive disorders. This allows mental health professionals to provide a more accurate diagnosis.
Diagnosis of depressive disorders is based on identification of the symptoms and signs and the clinical criteria described above. Specific closed-ended questions help determine whether patients have the symptoms required by DSM-5 criteria for diagnosis of major depression.
DSM-5. Your mental health professional may use the criteria for depression listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), published by the American Psychiatric Association.
DSM-5 is a handbook that lists the criteria for assessing and diagnosing mental disorders, including depression. Learn more about the criteria for depression.