Key features of depression and its
management in general practice.
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1.
The diagnostic criteria for major depressive disorder in childhood
are essentially the same as adults. |
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2.
In children with major depressive disorder anxiety is more common
than in older age groups. |
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3.
In children with major depressive disorder somatic symptoms are more
common than in older age groups. |
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4.
Auditory hallucinations are more common in adults than children with
depression. |
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5.
Psychomotor retardation is more common in adults. |
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4.
Auditory hallucinations are more common in adults than children with depression.
Author's
answer False.
Auditory
hallucinations and somatic complaints appear with greater frequency among
pre-pubertal children with major depressive disorder than among adolescents
and adults.
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