The diversity of clinical features of depressive disorders and their diagnostic challenges

Abstract

Depression disorder, a mental illness characterized by persistent low mood, has a variety of symptoms, including emotional, cognitive, physiological and behavioral manifestations. However, the non-specificity of these symptoms, the differences in subjective feelings of patients, the influence of sociocultural factors, and the concealment of patients all pose challenges for the accurate diagnosis of depressive disorders. This paper discusses the clinical characteristics of depressive disorder and the challenges faced in the diagnosis process, and puts forward coping strategies and suggestions, such as detailed medical history inquiry, comprehensive physical examination, the use of standardized rating scales, and the improvement of doctors' cognition and diagnostic ability, so as to improve the diagnostic accuracy of depressive disorder and provide patients with more accurate treatment plans.