The National Institute of Mental Health states Major depression is serve symptoms that interfere with an individual’s ability to work, sleep, study, eat, and enjoy life (NIMH). Symptoms of this diagnoses is being depressed most of the day, pleasure and interest is reduced, significant weight loss, loss of energy, inability to concentrate and or recurrent thoughts of death (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). The prevalence rate of this diagnosis is a 12 month occurrence of 7%, individuals 18-29 are higher than individuals 60 year or older, and from early adolescence, females experience 1.5 to 3 higher rates than males (American Psychiatric Association, 2013).
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) the statistics for depression is that 9% of adult Americans have feelings of depression and about 3 % of adults have major depression, also known as major depressive disorder (Illiades, 2013). Major depressive disorder is a long-lasting and severe form of depression. Based on the statistics “women are 70% more likely than men to experience depression during the course of their lifetimes” (Illiades, 2013). This is due to hormones which play a huge …show more content…
For example periods of sadness should not be diagnosed as Major depressive episodes unless criteria for severity and duration has been met, and has clinical distress or impairment (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). In Attention- deficit disorder/ hyperactivity clinicians must be careful not to over diagnose the client. In attention deficit/ hyperactivity and major depressive disorders Distractibility and low frustration tolerance can occur (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). Finally, under manic episodes with irritable mood or mixed episode, the differential diagnosis requires a “careful evaluation of the presence of manic symptoms” (American Psychiatric Association, 2013,
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) the statistics for depression is that 9% of adult Americans have feelings of depression and about 3 % of adults have major depression, also known as major depressive disorder (Illiades, 2013). Major depressive disorder is a long-lasting and severe form of depression. Based on the statistics “women are 70% more likely than men to experience depression during the course of their lifetimes” (Illiades, 2013). This is due to hormones which play a huge …show more content…
For example periods of sadness should not be diagnosed as Major depressive episodes unless criteria for severity and duration has been met, and has clinical distress or impairment (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). In Attention- deficit disorder/ hyperactivity clinicians must be careful not to over diagnose the client. In attention deficit/ hyperactivity and major depressive disorders Distractibility and low frustration tolerance can occur (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). Finally, under manic episodes with irritable mood or mixed episode, the differential diagnosis requires a “careful evaluation of the presence of manic symptoms” (American Psychiatric Association, 2013,