Fast Five Quiz: COVID-Related Conditions

Michael Stuart Bronze, MD; Vecihi Batuman, MD; Arlen D. Meyers, MD, MBA; Stephen Soreff, MD; Helmi L Lutsep, MD

March 16, 2021

Patients with or recovering from COVID-19 may demonstrate symptoms of major depressive disorder, such as significant weight change or appetite disturbance. However, for diagnosis, DSM-5 criteria specify that the symptoms must not be the result of a medical condition.

For diagnosis of a major depressive disorder, at least five of the following criteria have to be present (and not caused by a medical condition) during the same 2-week period (and at least one of the symptoms must be diminished interest/pleasure or depressed mood):

Depressed mood: For children and adolescents, this can also be an irritable mood
Diminished interest or loss of pleasure in almost all activities (anhedonia)
Significant weight change or appetite disturbance: For children, this can be failure to achieve expected weight gain
Sleep disturbance (insomnia or hypersomnia)
Psychomotor agitation or retardation
Fatigue or loss of energy
Feelings of worthlessness
Diminished ability to think or concentrate; indecisiveness
Recurrent thoughts of death, recurrent suicidal ideation without a specific plan, a suicide attempt, or a specific plan for committing suicide

This Fast Five Quiz was excerpted and adapted from the Medscape Drugs & Diseases articles Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), Acute Kidney Injury, Disorders of Taste and Smell, Depression, and Insomnia.

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Cite this: Michael Stuart Bronze, Vecihi Batuman, Arlen D. Meyers, et. al. Fast Five Quiz: COVID-Related Conditions - Medscape - Mar 16, 2021.

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