Misdiagnosis of Depressive disorders
Depressive disorders is a general term for any condition leading to depressive symptoms including depression, bipolar, seasonal affective disorder, and various other disorders. Depressive disorders have a variety of possible diagnostic failures. Simple emotional situations such as grief may be misdiagnosed as depression (though grief can also trigger true depression). A number of general medical conditions cause depressive symptoms. There are also various medications and drug interactions that can lead to depression syndromes. Several alternative diagnoses, such as bipolar disorder (especially bipolar II disorder), delirium, dementia, thyroid disorders, fibromyalgia, CFS, PTSD, and others are also possible. Another common failing is that depression is often overlooked despite its prevalence, particularly in populations such as the elderly or teens.
| About misdiagnosis: When checking for a misdiagnosis of Depressive disorders or confirming a diagnosis of Depressive disorders, it is useful to consider what other medical conditions might be possible misdiagnoses or other alternative conditions relevant to diagnosis. These alternate diagnoses of Depressive disorders may already have been considered by your doctor or may need to be considered as possible alternative diagnoses or candidates for misdiagnosis of Depressive disorders. For a general overview of misdiagnosis issues for all diseases, see Overview of Misdiagnosis. |
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