Timeline for Why is depression a diagnosable issue?
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| Apr 26, 2017 at 14:02 | comment | added | ancientcampus | Chris, one mandatory element of the diagnostic criteria for clinical depression (and indeed, nearly all psychiatric diagnoses) is that it causes "clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning." I included that source to show strong empiric evidence that, yes, it indeed impacts occupational functioning, to the tune of 100 billion dollars annually. | |
| Apr 26, 2017 at 13:50 | history | edited | ancientcampus | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 26, 2017 at 13:49 | comment | added | ancientcampus | AliceD, I do not have specific studies that I would like to recommend, but I have taken efforts to ensure that the bullet points I listed have been confirmed by multiple studies and are considered "common knowledge" in medicine (i.e. taught to medical students). I prefer not to cite specific articles without reading them thoroughly, and I did not think this topic particularly controversial to merit such. However, I found a decent meta-analysis on the heritability of depression which I edited to include. | |
| Apr 25, 2017 at 20:42 | comment | added | Chris Rogers | The fact that MDD costs the US $200 billion per year etc. is not the reason MDD is diagnosable. It is just the effect of MDD on medical treatment and workplace costs. The fact that it is more than just sadness etc. in the rest of your answer is the reason it is diagnosable. | |
| Apr 25, 2017 at 19:31 | comment | added | AliceD♦ | Welcome to CogSci and thanks for the answer. Could you add sources or references to your answer? That way others can background read on your material. | |
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| Apr 25, 2017 at 19:03 | history | answered | ancientcampus | CC BY-SA 3.0 |