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Here we have to determine what two disorders could the symptoms described in the question prompt potentially be indicative of.
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So if we look at the question prompt, we find that our patient is going to have a loss of appetite, a decrease in weight, a decrease in energy, a feeling of worthlessness, and excessive guilt.
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So based on these key symptoms, we are able to draw some conclusions here.
00:36
And really the symptoms, all of those symptoms presented in the question prompt, are going to be indicative of a depressive episode, specifically a major depressive episode.
00:55
So that is unmistakable.
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However, we don't know if this major depressive episode is part of, so it could be part of bipolar disorder, right? because in bipolar disorder, we have these manic episodes that will occur in addition to depressive episodes.
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And of course there's different types of bipolar disorder, but basically with bipolar disorder, the patient will cycle between the two different kinds of episodes...