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Summary Literature (1)
DOID:1470 - major depressive disorder


Disease Ontology Definition:A depressive disorder that is characterized by at least two weeks of loss of interest or pleasure in normally enjoyable activities or depressed mood along with additional cognitive or somatic impairments such as appetite or weight changes, sleep difficulties, psychomotor agitation or retardation, fatigue or loss of energy, diminished ability to think or concentrate, feelings of worthlessness or excessive guilt, and suicidality.

Synonyms: clinical depression, major depression, recurrent major depression, single major depressive episode, unipolar depression,

Xenbase Genes : tph2, htr2a

Mondo Disease Ontology (on Monarch Initiative):
MONDO:0002009 - major depressive disorder


Other Model Organisms: AGR, MGI, ZFIN, FlyBase, WormBase, RGD

Ontology Viewers: Disease Ontology, EMBL-EBI, OLSVis tree view, Ontobee
Parent(s): depressive disorder (is_a)