DEPRESSION
UNIT 4
Two main types of depression
• Do you know the difference between the two
types?
• Do you know other types of depression?
Quiz on major depression
1.What is the prevalence rate of depression in the UK?
• 17% of the population will experience depression at some
time in their life
2.Are males or females more likely to be diagnosed with
depression?
• Females are twice as likely to be diagnosed.
3. At what age is onset most likely to occur?
• 20-50
4.Are people in some countries more prone to depression
than others?
• Depression is found with similar frequency in all countries
LO: Outline the clinical characteristics of
depression
So what do we mean by characteristics?
Tonsillitis
Food poisoning
Measles
Task: Identify five
characteristics of
the following
physical illness’s
Flu
Characteristics of depression
• Characteristics are the ‘symptoms’ or
‘common traits’ of an illness (mental/physical)
Activity
1.Look through the characteristics of
different mental disorders and highlight
the characteristics of major depression.
2.Can you work out the other mental
disorders? Write the mental disorder
underneath the symptom
The symptoms can be categories into……
• Emotional symptoms
• Cognitive symptoms
• Physical symptoms
• Behavioural symptoms
Task - Can you categorise the
characteristics into emotional, cognitive,
physical & behavioural symptoms
Who diagnoses patients with depression?
• Doctors or Clinicians. They require classification systems
to help them make accurate diagnosis.
• The two most widely used classification systems are ICD10 and DSM-IV.
Diagnostic criteria for major depressive
disorder according to the DSM-IV
Task - According to the DSM-IV
1. What are the 2 core symptoms of clinical depression?
2. Do both of the core symptoms have to be present in
order to be diagnosed with depression?
3. How many symptoms overall must be present to be
diagnosed with clinical depression?
4. How long must the symptoms be present in order to be
diagnosed with clinical depression?
5. In order to be diagnosed, what must the symptoms not
be due to?
6. What must the symptoms cause significant distress to?
Activity
• Using the DSM – IV Criteria, decide whether the person
should be diagnosed as clinically depressed.
Prep work
Prepare for the exam question: Outline the
clinical characteristics of depression (8)