Recurrent depressive disorder

· It makes sense if all diagnosed conditions are written up in the same way. So please follow these guidelines, amending where appropiate. When editing Remove the square brackets where there is not enough information to make it worth going to another page. If you do go to another page, make the link in this form. 2opening[brackets name of diagnosis:name of link| name of link 2closing]brakets. eg Social anxiety:Outcome studies| outcome studies with the brackets reads as "outcome studies" on the page, but the link takes you to the "social anxiety: outcome studies" page and not to the general, "outcome studies" page. Please make copious use of the discussion pages to generate proposals for further research, consolidation of treatment protocols etc. etc. Please eliminate this text when redundant. Definition Description symptoms synonyms and related phrases History of the disorder historical sources famous clinicans Epidemiology incidence prevalence morbidity mortality racial distribution age distribution sex distribution Risk factors known evidence of risk factors theories of possible risk factors Etiology known evidence of causes theories of possible causes Diagnosis & evaluation psychological tests differential diagnosis evaluation protocols Treatment outcome studies treatment protocols treatment considerations evidenced based treatment theory based treatment team working considerations followup For people with this difficulty user:how to get help user:self help materials user:useful reading user:useful websites For their carers carer:how to get help carer:useful reading carer:useful websites For the practitioner practitioner:further reading practioner:useful websites '''Anonymous fictional case studies for training'''