DSM-IV - Mixed Anxiety-Depressive Disorder
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[From American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. 4th ed. Text rev. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association; copyright 2000.] ...
- Persistent or recurrent dysphoric mood lasting at least 1 month.
- The dysphoric mood is accompanied by at least 1 month of four (or more) of the following symptoms:
- difficulty concentrating or mind going blank
- sleep disturbance (difficulty falling or staying asleep, or restless, unsatisfying sleep)
- fatigue or low energy
- irritability
- worry
- being easily moved to tears
- hypervigilance
- anticipating the worst
- hopelessness (pervasive pessimism about the future)
- low self-esteem or feelings of worthlessness
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- The symptoms cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.
- The symptoms are not due to the direct physiological effects of a substance (e.g., a drug of abuse, a medication) or a general medical condition.
- All of the following:
- criteria have never been met for major depressive disorder, dysthymic disorder, panic disorder, or generalized anxiety disorder
- criteria are not currently met for any other anxiety or mood disorder (including an anxiety or mood disorder, in partial remission)
- the symptoms are not better accounted for by any other mental disorder
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