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The kindling hypothesis of depression posits that each period of depression in someone with major depressive disorder (MDD) causes neurological changes that predispose the person to future episodes. While the first episode of depression is often triggered by major life events, future episodes are less likely to be tied to circumstantial factors ...
The Journal of Affective Disorders, the official publication of the International Society for Affective Disorders, focuses on research related to mood and emotional disorders, including depression, mania, anxiety, and personality-related conditions. It emphasizes an interdisciplinary approach, welcoming high-quality studies on neuroimaging ...
Mood disorders fall into seven groups, [2] including; abnormally elevated mood, such as mania or hypomania; depressed mood, of which the best-known and most researched is major depressive disorder (MDD) (alternatively known as clinical depression, unipolar depression, or major depression); and moods which cycle between mania and depression ...
This article needs to be updated. The reason given is: Many outdated sources and information (older than five years). Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (July 2024) Medical condition Major depressive disorder Other names Clinical depression, major depression, unipolar depression, unipolar disorder, recurrent depression Specialty Psychiatry ...
This association suggests that being an evening type may contribute to an increased risk of developing depressive symptoms. Functional neuroimaging plays a crucial role in deepening the understanding of the neural mechanisms involved in major depressive disorder with diurnal mood variation symptoms. The circadian or clock system consists of ...
According to the Nordic Journal of Psychiatry, there is a direct correlation between a major depressive episode and unemployment. [ 6 ] Treatments for a major depressive episode include psychotherapy and antidepressants , although in more severe cases, hospitalization or intensive outpatient treatment may be required.
Endogenous depression is an atypical subclass of major depressive disorder (clinical depression). It could be caused by genetic and biological factors. [1] Endogenous depression occurs due to the presence of an internal (cognitive, biological) stressor instead of an external (social, environmental) stressor. [2]
Due to most of these studies using designs that do not necessarily approximate real-world phenomena, the external validity of the depressive realism hypothesis is unclear. [28] There is also concern that the depressive realism effect is merely a byproduct of the depressed person being in a situation that agrees with their negative bias. [5] [29 ...