Depressive disorder due to another medical condition

• A.A prominent and persistent period of depressed mood or markedly diminished interest or pleasure in all, or almost all, activities that predominates in the clinical picture.

AND

• B.There is evidence from the history, physical examination, or laboratory findings that the disturbance is the direct patho physiological consequence of another medical condition.

AND

• C.The disturbance is not better explained by another mental disorder (e.g., adjustment disorder, with depressed mood, in which the stressor is a serious medical condition).

AND

• D.The disturbance does not occur exclusively during the course of a delirium.

AND

• E.The disturbance causes clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational,or other important areas of functioning.