| Common Medical Conditions causing
Depression |
| Red flag that this is not a primary mood disorder |
- Lack of family history of mood disorder
- Onset of symptoms after 40 years old
- Associated symptoms suggestive of medial illness
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| Endocrine |
Thyroid disease |
| Neurologic |
Stroke, Multiple Sclerosis, other degenerative disease |
| Neoplastic |
Lymphatic, gastrointestinal, gynecologic |
| Medications |
- Progesterone containing contraceptives
- Corticosteroid
- Most antihypertensives
- Sedatives & alcohol, both use and withdraw
- Phenothiazines
- Cimetidine
- Indomethacin
- Thallium, Mercury
- Cyclosporine
- Chemotherapeutic agents: Vincristine, Vinblastine, Amphotericin B,
Interferon
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