Why did they bother changing Clinical depression to Major depression?!


Question: Why did they bother changing Clinical depression to Major depression.?
or am i wrong.? From what i know they changed clinical depression to major depression. why.? or are they two seperate types of depression.? to me it seems like they changed it to make it sound more seriousHealth Question & Answer


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To differentiate it from other diagnoses such as dysthymia. Dysthymia is a clinical diagnosis, so is technically a clinical depression, but it is chronic and mild, compared to major depression which is acute and severe.Health Question & Answer

Well, there are different types of depression, and I'm guessing that the APA wants to differentiate major depression, which is the most serious form of depression, from, say, dysthymia, which is a chronic, mild to moderate type of depression.Health Question & Answer

They do have separate classes of depression. The different classes have different symptoms as well. Health Question & Answer

Because it is very sreriousHealth Question & Answer



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