Distinguish Between Major Depressive Disorder and Dysthymic Disorder

question 28

Essay

 Distinguish between major depressive disorder and dysthymic disorder.

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Definitions:

Prenatal Abnormalities

Defects or conditions that occur in a fetus during pregnancy, which can be structural, functional, or genetic.

Chromosomes

Filamentous entities located within the nucleus of both animal and plant cells, consisting of protein and a solitary molecule of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), responsible for bearing genetic information.

Zygote

The initial cell formed when a new organism is produced by the combination of sperm and egg cells.

Genes

Units of heredity made up of DNA that carry the instructions for making proteins, which in turn direct development, health, and physical characteristics of an organism.