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Minor Depression
Depressed affect and at least one of the other eight symptoms of
major depression
associated with clinically significant distress or impairment that persist for at least 2 weeks in an individual whose presentation has never met criteria for any other
depressive
or
bipolar disorder
.
References:
American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5), American Psychiatric Association, Arlington, VA 2013.
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