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Diagnosis information
Core diagnostic criteria, specifiers, differential considerations, and documentation support in one open, scan-friendly view.
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Core criterion A
Prominent depressive episode directly attributable to physiological effects of a medical condition
Core criterion B
Not better explained by another mental disorder
Core criterion C
Not occurring exclusively during delirium
Core criterion D
Clinically significant distress or impairment
Consistent with [Depressive Disorder Due to Another Medical Condition] [specifier(s)]. In the context of a documented medical illness temporally associated with mood change, there have been depressed mood; diminished interest or pleasure; significant weight or appetite change; insomnia; hypersomnia; psychomotor agitation; psychomotor retardation; fatigue or loss of energy; feelings of worthlessness; excessive guilt; impaired concentration; indecisiveness; recurrent thoughts of death; suicidal ideation, representing a depressive syndrome judged to be the direct physiological consequence of the identified medical condition. The presentation is characterised by mood and behavioural changes that align temporally and pathophysiologically with the underlying medical disorder. These symptoms have resulted in clinically significant distress or impairment, and the disturbance is not better explained by a primary depressive disorder, substance or medication effect, or delirium.
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