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The American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM IV-4E, 2000) is the best, most authoritative source for an answer. The difference is all down to diagnosed symptoms. Legally, only a medically-qualified, registered psychiatrist can properly diagnose psychiatric symptoms and prescribe treatment/s.
The difference between dysthymia and a major depressive episode is a matter of symptoms, severity/duration of symptoms and expert prognosis re healing including via psychotherapy.
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The difference between bipolar I disorder and bipolar II disorder is?
the number of depressive and manic episodes.
What is depressive syndrome?
Manic depressive disorder, also known as bipolar, is a disorder where the individual alternates between states of manic behavior and being depressed.
Symptoms of bipolar disorder?
Also known as manic-depressive, the individual alternates between states of manic activity and being depressed.
What are signs of bipolar disorder?
Also known as manic-depressive, the individual alternates between states of manic activity and being depressed.
Symptoms of manic depressive disorder?
Known also as bipolar, the individual alternates between states of manic behavior and being depressed.
What is the difference between a disease and an illness?
Illness means a subjective distressing feeling of a person. Disease is a physical pathology in a person Disorder is usually used in Psychiatry where there is no physical involvement but it is a disturbance of function, structure, or both such as in depressive disorder
What behavior does a person with bipolar disorder exhibit?
Also known as manic-depressive, the individual alternates between states of manic activity and being depressed.
What is the difference between schizo effective and schizo affective?
There is no difference. The correct term is schizoaffective disorder. Schizoeffective disorder is a misspelling.
What is the difference between Mood disorders and personality disorders?
Mood disorders is a wider category of diagnosis. Anxiety disorder is one type of mood disorder. Others include bipolar disorder (manic/depression), all sorts of depressive disorders, and more. You can check the DSM IVR for specifics. All of these are categorizations of problems that get in the way of someone living a fully functional life. Speak to your doctor or a local psychotherapist for more information. Anxiety disorders deal with various psychiatric diagnosis dealing with anxiety, abnormal feelings of fear, worry, overconcern. These include generalized anxiety disorder , panic disorders, social anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder and others. Mood disorders deal with moods. They are known too as affective disorders. These mental health disorders are major depression, bipolar-formerly known as manic depression, dysthymia and cyclothhymia. These last two are milder forms of major depression and bipolar disorder.
What is one characteristic of bipolar disorder?
Also known as manic-depressive, the individual alternates between states of manic activity and being depressed.
What is the difference between somatoform and psychosomatic disorder?
A somatic disorder is a malfunction of the body. A psychosomatic disorder is a disorder of (most commonly) the body caused by a psychological factor (the mind).
What is a condition in which a person alternates between extreme happiness and extreme sadness?
The more modern term would be bipolar, which is a disorder that causes people to alternate between two extremes in their emotional state (sometimes referred to as poles). Another term for this is Manic-Depressive, where the feeling of extreme happiness is the manic state, and the extreme sadness is considered depressive.
