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Melancholic depression | |
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Meditation by Domenico Fetti 1618 | |
Specialty | Psychiatry |
Symptoms | Low mood, low self-esteem, fatigue, insomnia, anorexia, anhedonia, lack of mood reactivity |
Complications | Self harm, suicide |
Usual onset | Early adulthood |
Causes | Genetic, environmental, and psychological factors |
Risk factors | Family history, trauma |
Treatment | Counseling, antidepressant medication, electroconvulsive therapy |
Melancholic depression, or depression with melancholic features, is a DSM-IV and DSM-5 specifier of depressive disorders. The specifier is used to distinguish clinically relevant subsets of causes and symptoms[1] that have the potential to influence treatment.
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