Larvae depression
| Classification according to ICD-10 | |
|---|---|
| F32.8 |
Other depressive episodes
Atypical depression, individual episodes of "masked" depression, N / A |
| ICD-10 online (WHO version 2019) | |
The larval depression is a special form (a subtype) of a depressive disorder . It is also called somatized or masked depression. Physical symptoms are in the foreground. The depression is experienced in the body ("vitalized"). There are headaches , dizziness , back pain , breathing difficulties , heart problems, gastrointestinal complaints, abdominal complaints along with the typical symptoms of loss of appetite with weight loss , sleep disorders and vital disorders.
The sick usually go to a general practitioner first. Medical misdiagnoses can occur due to the ostensibly physical symptoms.
The diagnosis of larvae depression received great attention and widespread use in the 1970s and 1980s. Today the diagnosis no longer plays a scientific or clinical role. Today's diagnoses for this group of patients again emphasize the physical symptoms. According to ICD-10, patients who used to be diagnosed as “larvae depressive” now mainly receive the following diagnoses: somatization disorder , psychosomatic disorder , dissociative disorder , hypochondriac disorder or neurasthenia .
See also
literature
- Hans-Jürgen Möller , Gerd Laux , Arno Deister : Psychiatry and psychotherapy . 4th edition. Thieme Verlag, 2009, p. 87 f.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tom Bschor: Larvated Depression: Rise and Fall of a Diagnosis . In: Psychiatric Practice . tape 29 , no. 4 . Thieme, Stuttgart 2002, p. 207-210 , doi : 10.1055 / s-2002-30678 ( [1] ).
