Definition Of Recurrent Depression
An extreme depressive malady in which two or more major bouts of depression have occurred.
Definition of recurrent depression. Symptoms of recurrent depression. Recurrent brief depression rbd defines a mental disorder characterized by intermittent depressive episodes not related to menstrual cycles in women occurring between approximately 6 12 times per year over at least one year or more fulfilling the diagnostic criteria for major depressive episodes dsm iv and icd 10 except for duration which in rbd is less than 14 days typically 5 7 days. This condition is known as major recurrent depression and is considered as the most severe and difficult to treat condition of all types of depressions. Feeling unrealistic anxiety despair.
A person suffering from major recurrent depression faces the same symptoms as a person with unipolar depression does ie. Diagnostic criteria for a major depressive episode dsm iv include a depressed mood a marked reduction of interest or pleasure in virtually all activities or both.