RED FLAG: DON’T MISS THESE WARNINGS
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| SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS Dysphoric mood or loss of pleasure in usual activities At least four of the following: Change in appetite Sleep difficulty Loss of energy Psychomotor agitation Decrease in sexual drive Inappropriate guilt Indecisiveness Suicidal thoughts Duration of symptoms for at least 2 weeks No evidence of schizophrenia or organic brain disease | ILLNESSES OFTEN MISTAKEN AS DEPRESSION Thyroid disease and other endocrine diseases Parkinson’s disease Sleep apnea Nutritional illnesses Drugs or drug withdrawal Cerebral tumors Coronary artery disease Renal or hepatic failure AIDS Syphilis Mononucleosis Tuberculosis Hepatitis Pneumonia Cancer of the head of the pancreas Complex partial seizures Multiple sclerosis Left frontal stroke Dementia Alcoholism |
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