I have found difficulty in finding a pigeon hole for someone between what
used to be called reactive depression and understandable upset due to life
events. I then came across the American classification of psychiatric
illness and found the term 'Transient Situational Distress'. I find this
appropriate for a lot of the misery I see in the surgery and avoids the
term depression which a lot of patients still find difficult. I have made
my own code for this
Stuart
Stuart Skeates
GP and Course Organiser
Romsey, Hants
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