Depression can describe both a mood and an illness.
Major depressive disorder is a clinical syndrome involving mood, neurovegetative functions, cognition, and behaviour.
It affects 5% to 10% of patients in the primary care setting.
Dean F. MacKinnon, Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, gives us a ... Show More
Oct 14
Evidence-based medicine, GRADE, and BMJ
The purpose of BMJ Best Practice is to help get evidence into practice. We use GRADE to ensure that we use the highest quality evidence. GRADE helps us to assess evidence for risk of bias, inconsistency, indirectness, imprecision, and the degree to which it may be subject to publ ... Show More
22m 43s
Apr 2025
289. The psychology of high functioning depression
We are used to seeing depression one way: tears, extreme sadness, never leaving the house, pure misery. But for many of us, we experience depression differently. High functioning depression, a kind of depression where an individuals presents as seemingly 'fine' if not successful ... Show More
53m 42s
May 2022
How Do I Know If I'm Depressed?
So many people talk about feeling depressed, but what exactly is depression? Today we’re expanding on the clinical definitions for depression, what some of the signs are that you’re depressed and ways to support loved ones with depression. Joining us is Dr. Angela Neal-Barnett, n ... Show More
28m 41s
Aug 2019
Overcoming Depression: Causes, Interventions, Mindfulness, and Depressed Mood
Dr. Hanson and Forrest continue their exploration of depression and depressed mood with an episode focused on some of the tactics and strategies people can use, both in their own mind and out in the world, to help manage, and even overcome, a depressed mood. Depression and depres ... Show More
47m 39s