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8/27/24, 3:37 PMANCC PMHNP BOARD EXAM
Jeremiah
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A. Five (or more) of the following symptoms have been present during the same 2-week
period and represent a change from previous functioning; at least one of the symptoms
is either (1) depressed mood or (2) loss of interest or pleasure.
Note: Do not include symptoms that are clearly attributable to another medical
condition.
1. Depressed mood daily
MOOD D/O: 2. Loss of pleasure of joy in activities/inerests
MDD CRITERIA A 3. Significant weight loss/gain
4. insomnia/hypersomnia
5. fatigue or loss of energy daily
6. psychomotor retardationagitation
7. feelings of worthlessness or guilt
8. diminished ability to think/concentrate, indecisiveness
9. recurrent thoughts of death, SI, or SI attempt
B. The symptoms cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social,
occupational,
or other important areas of functioning.
C. The episode is not attributable to the physiological effects of a substance or to
another
medical condition.
D. The occurrence of the major depressive episode is not better explained by
MOOD D/O: MDD CRITERIA B-E schizoaffective
disorder, schizophrenia, schizophreniform disorder, delusional disorder, or
other specified and unspecified schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders.
E. There has never been a manic episode or a hypomanic episode.
Note: This exclusion does not apply if all of the manic-like or hypomanic-like episodes
are substance-induced or are attributable to the physiological effects of another
medical
condition.
Twelve-month prevalence of major depressive disorder in the United States is
approximately
7%, with marked differences by age group such that the prevalence in 18- to 29-year-
MOOD D/O: MDD PREVALENCE old individuals
is threefold higher than the prevalence in individuals age 60 years or older. Females
experience
1.5- to 3-fold higher rates than males beginning in early adolescence.
-Recovery typically begins within 3 months of onset for two in five individuals with
major
depression and within 1 year for four in five individuals.
MOOD D/O: MDD DEVELOPMENT AND -The risk is higher in individuals whose preceding episode was severe,
COURSE in younger individuals, and in individuals who have already experienced multiple
episodes.
-The persistence of even mild depressive symptoms during remission is a powerful
predictor of recurrence.
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