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This question tests our knowledge of major depressive episodes and what kind of presentation will have with those.
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So when we think about major depressive episodes, we should be thinking of a few different characteristics here, right? the first of which there must be this period of time that is greater than two weeks in which we will find a presentation of five out of nine cardinal symptoms.
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And one of those must be a lack of interest or anedonia.
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Okay.
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So there's quite a bit to take in there, but we'll break it down.
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So this episode must last greater than two weeks.
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It must include five of the nine cardinal symptoms and one of them, one of those cardinal symptoms, must be an hedonia or an inability to derive pleasure from different day -to -day activities.
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So this is going to be the textbook definition of a major depressive episode.
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So these three requirements must all be met in order for this.
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Period of time and this condition to be labeled as a major depressive episode...