Monday, June 7, 2021

definition of severity in major depressive disorder

"doc c, good am po. question: if a px already has suicidal ideations complying with the diagnostic criteria for MDD, does this make it automatically severe or depende pa rin sa overall assessment?"

A: "some books would base it on the number of symptoms for example 7 out of the 9 symptoms is said to be severe already. But some would say it would depend on the level of functioning. ie those who are already vegetative in bed"

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