Differences between Major Depressive Disorder and Persistent Depressive Disorder according to an investigation into the DSM-5 criteria. See attached paper in portfolio - MDD vs. PDD (Stotler, 2020).

1. Major Differences between:
Major Depressive Disorder
(MDD) and
Persistent Depressive Disorder
(PDD)

2. MDD
BOTH
PDD
•Major depressive episodes.
•Lack of interest or pleasure in all or almost all activities, most of the day, nearly everyday.
•Psychomotor agitation or retardation
•Worthlessness, feelings of inappropriate guilt.
•Episodic
•Average onset mid-adulthood ~20 year of age or older.
•Unique identifier "with psychotic features."
•Not been without symptoms for 2 weeks.
•Depressed mood most of the day.
•Poor appetite or eating (weight loss or weight gain).
•Insomnia or hypersomnia.
•Fatigue or loss of energy.
•Hopelessness
•Never has been a manic or hypomanic episode.
•Not better explained by another disorder or condition.
•Not been without symptoms for 2 years.
•Chronic
•Early onset - childhood / adolescence
•(See unique specifiers seperate from MDD).

3. MDD
BOTH
PDD
•catatonia
•seasonal pattern
•unspecified
•psychotic features
•anxious distress
•mixed features
•melancholic features
•atypical features
•mood-congruent psychotic features
•mood-incongruent psychotic features
•peripartum onset
•mild
•moderate
•severe
•partial remission
•full remission
•early onset
•late onset
•with pure dysthymic syndrome
•intermittent major depressive episodes with current episode
•intermittent major depressive episode with current episode