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 Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 2:15 am
Basically, I'd like to know the difference between mild and minor depression.
I get that mild, moderate, severe is talking about the severity of the symptoms.
For major depression, you have 5 out of 9 symptoms in the DSM-IV, and in minor depression, I think it's like 2? Can't remember razz
I had 7 of them, but really mild, just bordering on normal for me. So, what, do I have like mild major depressive disorder? That sounds funny 0_o
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Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 2:31 am
Shinkei Basically, I'd like to know the difference between mild and minor depression. I get that mild, moderate, severe is talking about the severity of the symptoms. For major depression, you have 5 out of 9 symptoms in the DSM-IV, and in minor depression, I think it's like 2? Can't remember razz I had 7 of them, but really mild, just bordering on normal for me. So, what, do I have like mild major depressive disorder? That sounds funny 0_o best way is get a specialist to check you out every person has depression to some degree at some point of their life...how you handle it is the key... u should really have the DSM done by a specialist...especially since the scale has alot more components which take into account of anxiety, depression n stress... where did you take the test?
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Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 5:21 am
barbsy Shinkei Basically, I'd like to know the difference between mild and minor depression. I get that mild, moderate, severe is talking about the severity of the symptoms. For major depression, you have 5 out of 9 symptoms in the DSM-IV, and in minor depression, I think it's like 2? Can't remember razz I had 7 of them, but really mild, just bordering on normal for me. So, what, do I have like mild major depressive disorder? That sounds funny 0_o best way is get a specialist to check you out every person has depression to some degree at some point of their life...how you handle it is the key... u should really have the DSM done by a specialist...especially since the scale has alot more components which take into account of anxiety, depression n stress... where did you take the test? Oh, I got diagnosed by my doc with 'mild depressive disorder'. They asked me all sorts of questions about my symptoms, and did blood tests. I checked in the DSM later to see what I have. But I don't exactly want to go "oh, what were my symptoms from the DSM, exactly, thanks" razz The scale is probably what is mild - like I lost interest in most things, but not everything. But I had lots of those symptoms. Here's what I look at anyway: http://www.psychologynet.org/major.html
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Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 3:00 pm
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Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 3:12 am
ok chances are it is mild and you are just makin it worse by thinking you are worse...
STAY POSITIVE...alot of depression is mind over matter..
btw how old are you?
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Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 5:46 am
Thanks! That one's a little better than mine ^.^
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Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 5:57 am
barbsy ok chances are it is mild and you are just makin it worse by thinking you are worse... STAY POSITIVE...alot of depression is mind over matter.. btw how old are you? It is mild smile Lets see if I can make this a little clearer. I use the terms "mild depression" and "minor depression" interchangably. But I think I am wrong there, because, from what I have read in the DSM: -No mention of severity of the symptoms (eg, mild, severe depression) -Minor/Major depression refers to how many symptoms you have out of the ones listed, regardless of their severity. 2 for minor, 5 for major. So, basically, what I am asking is that is mild depression a qualitative thing, and is minor depression quantitative? I'm not too worried about myself, but as a psychology student, I would like to use the correct term, especially when I am talking about my own disorder razz But I'm just using myself as an example, because it's easy. Oh, and I am 19 years old ^.^ Why?
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Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 7:23 am
Shinkei I'm not too worried about myself, but as a psychology student, I would like to use the correct term, especially when I am talking about my own disorder razz But I'm just using myself as an example, because it's easy. In that case, don't use the term "mild" at all. In my experience, psychologists never use the term. The symptoms have to be severe enough to be a disorder. If not, then it isn't a disorder! It's not "mild!" Intuitively, the reasoning for not using the term makes sense to me. Although it may seem like a positive attitude about the illness, it's also incredibly invalidating to somebody who is suffering from a very real disorder that was severe enough to disrupt their life and gain them a diagnosis! Try using more specific words to qualify the illness: Acute, transient, episodic...
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Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 10:32 pm
Smart Alex Shinkei I'm not too worried about myself, but as a psychology student, I would like to use the correct term, especially when I am talking about my own disorder razz But I'm just using myself as an example, because it's easy. In that case, don't use the term "mild" at all. In my experience, psychologists never use the term. The symptoms have to be severe enough to be a disorder. If not, then it isn't a disorder! It's not "mild!" Intuitively, the reasoning for not using the term makes sense to me. Although it may seem like a positive attitude about the illness, it's also incredibly invalidating to somebody who is suffering from a very real disorder that was severe enough to disrupt their life and gain them a diagnosis! Try using more specific words to qualify the illness: Acute, transient, episodic... i agree... btw make sure u also use the term disorder properly...it usually refers to something that reoccurs...you have to have an X amount of depressive episodes in a certain time frame in order for it to be classified as a disorder... when i did a scale (not too sure if it was the DSM) anyways i basically had extreme/very severe depression same for anxiety n stress...since ive had severe episodes since i was like 13 i've been diagnosed with depressive disorder and general anxiety disorder at one stage i also had panic disorder... one thing i can say to you is dont over analyse yourself hun cos it just gets you confused
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Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 4:58 pm
This could be counted as a "mild, not as servere" form of Depression. It is known as Dysthymia Disorder. There is more information in the link.
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Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 3:52 am
Thanks a lot! That explains it all, thanks smile
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Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 8:59 am
i don't know whther mine is considered mild, chronic or whatever other labels...
i want treatmetn but my parents refuse. they say that it will be recorded down.
seriously, i first had it at 12. then later at 15 and now at 16. it comes and goes but normally lasts for up to two weeks.
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Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 1:23 pm
virginangelic i want treatmetn but my parents refuse. they say that it will be recorded down. seriously, i first had it at 12. then later at 15 and now at 16. it comes and goes but normally lasts for up to two weeks. That's rough, but your parents might be right. You probably don't need treatment if it only lasts two weeks at a time and if you're not suicidal during those times. But if you do get suicidal, it can still be dangerous even if it doesn't last long enough to meet some clinical criteria.
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Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 1:28 pm
Silversan This could be counted as a "mild, not as servere" form of Depression. It is known as Dysthymia Disorder. There is more information in the link. Dysthymia and Cyclothymia are not "mild" forms of depression. In fact the DSM does not even refer to "mild" depression. The two aforementioned disorders consist of depression criteria, but not all of them for a diagnosis, and they are much longer in duration, usually a few years.
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Posted: Sun May 15, 2005 2:14 pm
lvngembrs Silversan This could be counted as a "mild, not as servere" form of Depression. It is known as Dysthymia Disorder. There is more information in the link. Dysthymia and Cyclothymia are not "mild" forms of depression. In fact the DSM does not even refer to "mild" depression. The two aforementioned disorders consist of depression criteria, but not all of them for a diagnosis, and they are much longer in duration, usually a few years. I clearly said it could be "counted". I never said it was.
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