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Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes Macroeconomics Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience

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Core symptoms of major depressive disorder: relevance to diagnosis and treatment

Sidney H Kennedy
PubMed Central (PMC) Summary & key facts 2008 370 citations

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is defined without assuming a single cause and has two main symptoms: depressed mood and loss of interest or pleasure. The paper says we should also pay more attention to fatigue, sleep problems, anxiety, thinking (cognitive) problems, and sexual problems when diagnosing and judging treatment. Some…

Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes Mental Health Research Topics Treatment of Major Depression
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