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While resistance lies within a depressive spiral, you don't have to have had experienced depression in the past to know resistance, it's a universal daily experience for all of us.
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40345_2017_116_MOESM8_ESM.xls Additional file 8. Sensitivity and PPV of any Shewhart's control rule' for predicting manic and depressive episodes within the next four weeks, when a depressive episode is defined as a QIDS score ≥ 11 and a manic episode is defined as an ASRM score ≥ 6.
In the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders [ 8], PPD is categorized as a major depression and is defined as a depressive episode appearing within four weeks after childbirth.
16 The 12-month time frame used for the economic evaluation of antidepressants was chosen to include the largest proportion of clinical events within a given depressive episode.
Combined, an AUC of 0.87 was reached for identifying the PD/PDA patients who developed a depressive disorder within 2 years (n = 44).
The sensitivity of Shewhart's control rules to detect a depressive episode within the next 4 weeks was 33%95%5% CI 22 46%), whereas the corresponding PPV was 9% (95% CI 6 12%).
[ 2] Women are approximately twice as likely as men to experience a depressive episode within a lifetime.
In general, we refer to 'relapse/recurrence' to indicate a depressive episode within the study period.
A systematic review by Fisher et al. (2012) for instance, found the prevalence of pre- and post-natal disorders in low income countries to be 15.6 and 19.8 % respectively [ 4]; whereas, Gavin et al. (2005) reported the estimated prevalence of perinatal depression to range between 6.5 and 12.9 %, with 19.2 % of women found to have a depressive episode within the first 3 months postpartum [ 5].
We refer to 'relapse' in case of a depressive episode occurring within 6 months after full remission and we refer to 'recurrence' in case of a depressive episode occurring after 6 months of full remission.
The first version of the DSM (DSM-I, 1952) contained depressive reaction and the DSM-II (1968) depressive neurosis, defined as an excessive reaction to internal conflict or an identifiable event, and also included a depressive type of manic-depressive psychosis within Major affective disorders.
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