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However, 20% (13/66) of patients with minor depression at baseline met criteria for major depression at 12 months, while 22% (11/51) of patients with major depression at baseline met criteria for minor depression at 12 months.
Moreover, >80% of this cohort who met criteria for major depression at the 5-year follow-up also had major or minor depression at baseline (22).
The SCID is used to assess whether the included participants have major or minor depression at baseline and whether they have had episodes of depression in the past.
The one-month prevalence of both major and minor depression at baseline was 1.5%, the prevalence of anxiety disorder was 8.2%.
The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) (18) was used to ascertain probable major and minor depression at baseline and follow-up.
The authors suggested that 'watchful waiting' i.e. supportive care but without the prescription of antidepressants, was an appropriate treatment option for minor depression, at least in adults and in elderly patients with mild impairment.
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Approximately 31% of participants screened positive for depression at one of the four assessments, with 15% meeting major depression and 18% meeting minor depression criteria at least at one assessment.
Criteria for probable minor depression required at least one core symptom (depressed mood or loss of interest) and a total of two to four positive symptoms for at least the last 2 weeks.
We excluded reviews that studied only major or clinical depression and included reviews that studied both major depression and minor depression, depressive symptoms or minor depression only or depressive symptoms in the context of other BPS.
The lack of a significant gender difference in Depression NOS is at odds with a great body of findings regarding a gender difference of about 2 1 in sub-clinical depression, minor depression, and depressive symptoms [ 39], but this finding needs to be replicated.
The clinically relevant depressive symptoms in minor depression may be considered on a continuum between no symptoms at one end and severe major depression at the other.
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