DSM-IV - Chronic Specifier
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Mood Disorders
[From American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. 4th ed. Text rev. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association; copyright 2000.] ...
Specify if:
Chronic (can be applied to the current or most recent major depressive episode in major depressive disorder and to a major depressive episode in bipolar I or II disorder only if it is the most recent type of mood episode)
Full criteria for a major depressive episode have been met continuously for at least the past 2 years.
Chronic (can be applied to the current or most recent major depressive episode in major depressive disorder and to a major depressive episode in bipolar I or II disorder only if it is the most recent type of mood episode)
Full criteria for a major depressive episode have been met continuously for at least the past 2 years.
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