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Is recurrent depressive disorder and unipolar the same condition or disorder?
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Depression: Not necessarily. Unipolar depression can be recurrent. Recurrent can be any type, unipolar, bipolar or mixed type.
Answered 7/7/2012
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Depression: A depressive disorder can be unipolar (no maniac, hypomania or mixed states) or it can be part of a bipolar disorder. Recurrent depressive disorder just means that there are multiple episodes of depression.
Answered 9/29/2016
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