In DSM-IV, a “diagnosis” of major depressive disorder is based on the presence of a major depressive episode. A major depressive episode, in turn, is defined by the presence of five or more items from the following list during a two-week period: (1) depressed mood most of the day, nearly every day, as indicated by… Continue Reading
GPs Prescribe More Psychotropic Drugs than Psychiatrists
Psychiatrists, when challenged about the massive increase in psychotropic drug prescriptions, sometimes point out that the bulk of this prescribing is done – not by them – but by primary care doctors (GPs). Although the psychiatrists’ claim in this regards may be true, it is also somewhat misleading. The “illnesses” for which these drugs are… Continue Reading
Kidney Failure and Depression
I’ve come across a 2007 study review paper by Suzanne Watnick, MD. It’s called Depression in the End-stage Renal Disease Population on Dialysis, and you can see it here. (“End-stage” in this context simply means the complete or almost complete loss of kidney function with no expectation that it will return. It does not imply… Continue Reading
Conversion Disorder
In DSM-IV, conversion disorder is described as distressful symptoms (or symptom) of voluntary motor or sensory function that “suggest” a neurological or other illness even though no actual pathology is present, and there is reason to believe that the problem is psychological in origin. It has sometimes been called hysterical blindness, hysterical paralysis, hysterical anesthesia,… Continue Reading
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