major depressive episode


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Noun1.major depressive episode - (psychiatry) a state of depression with all the classic symptoms (anhedonia and lethargy and sleep disturbance and despondency and morbid thoughts and feelings of worthlessness and sometimes attempted suicide) but with no known organic dysfunctionmajor depressive episode - (psychiatry) a state of depression with all the classic symptoms (anhedonia and lethargy and sleep disturbance and despondency and morbid thoughts and feelings of worthlessness and sometimes attempted suicide) but with no known organic dysfunction
psychiatry, psychological medicine, psychopathology - the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders
clinical depression, depressive disorder, depression - a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention
involutional depression - a major depressive episode associated with the climacteric
unipolar depression - a major depressive episode that occurs without the manic phase that occurs in the classic form of bipolar disorder
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The National Institutes of Health estimates that, in 2015, 3 million 12- to 17-year-old American children experienced a major depressive episode. Any illness that affects over 10% of adolescents will present regularly in the primary care provider's office.
According to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), in 2013, an estimated 15.7 million adults ages 18 or older in the United States had at least one major depressive episode in the past year (NIMH, 2013).
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