 Key features of depression and its management in general practice. |
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"..I had this once before.." |
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The interval between episodes tends to be fairly constant.
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2. The average person suffers about ten episodes over a lifetime.
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The average person with bipolar disorder suffers fewer episodes,
on average, over a lifetime, than a person with unipolar disease.
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The first episode of depression (that later becomes recurrent) is
rarely associated with a clear environmental stress.
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Most people who have their first episode of depression in adolescence
will have at least one more episode in the next five years.
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2. The average person suffers about ten episodes over a lifetime.
Author's answer: False.
The mean number of major episodes over a lifetime, according to retrospective and prospective studies, is five to six.
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