The focus was on lifetime prevalence of major depression rather than the number of major depressive episodes in the last year due to variability associated with potential adverse events in this latter measure. (academic.oup.com)
Major depressive disorder is a serious condition characterized by one or more major depressive episodes. (cyc-net.org)
After controlling for demographic characteristics and physical disease, the differences in loneliness, depressive symptoms and major depressive episodes remained significant. (bmjopen.bmj.com)