A 39 year-old woman comes in for a check-up regarding previous diagnoses of hype

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A 39 year-old woman comes in for a check-up regarding previous diagnoses of hypertension and elevated cholesterol. She admits that there have been days that she had not taken her medications. She also states that she is unmotivated and isolates herself at home. She reports that she sleeps a lot but still feels tired, that doing anything takes a lot of effort, and says “nothing is fun anymore”. She also describes feelings of sadness and hopelessness. She becomes tearful and admits that in recent weeks she has been having feelings of not wanting to live, and this scares her. These feelings have been going on for the past six weeks following the death of her mother. In the last three weeks they have gotten worse, and last week she missed work twice. What are the 3 most important things you need to assess to determine whether she suffers from Major Depressive Disorder, Bipolar I or Acute Depression? What additional information (if any) do you need?

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------------------------------ Major Depressive Disorder ------------------------------

It is a mood disorder that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest. Also called major depressive disorder or clinical depressive, it effects how you feel, think and behave and can lead to variety of emotional and physical problems you may have trouble, doing day to day activity and depression may make you feel as if life is not worth living. These symptoms clearly shows that Women is suffering from

----------------------- Symptoms of Major Depressive Disorder.

?---------------------- Causes of Major Depressive Disorder.

?----------------- Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder.

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