CLINICAL FEATURES OF SEVEN COMMON SYMPTOMS IN PATIENTS WITH RECURRENT DEPRESSIVE DISORDER
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Recurrent depression is a common emotional disorder in psychiatry, with diverse clinical manifestations and many difficulties in diagnosis and treatment. The study was conducted on 109 patients diagnosed with recurrent depressive disorder according to ICD-10 criteria (1992) and treated as inpatients at the Institute of Mental Health - Bach Mai Hospital from January 2020 to December 2021, using case cluster analysis research method. Results obtained: female: male ratio ≈ 2.6: 1, average age is 48.66 ± 15.07. Among the common symptoms, symptoms recorded at a rate of > 50% are sleep disorders (96.33%), decreased attention concentration (85.32%), eating disorders (85. 32%), decreased self-esteem and confidence (76.15%), and looked at the future gloomily and pessimistically (72.48%). Less frequent symptoms with a rate < 50% are ideas of guilt and unworthiness (45.87%) and suicidal or self-harm ideas and behaviors (44.04%). There were 18 patients who reported having committed suicide before. Among the suicide methods used, taking pills is the most common method of suicide in the study group. In summary, the study shows that among the common symptoms, the most frequent symptom is sleep disorders (96.33%) and the least frequent symptom is suicidal or self-harm ideas and behaviors (44.04%).
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seven common symptoms, clinical features, recurrent depressive disorder.
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