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Throughout the article it refers to double depression as being the co-occurrence of PDD and MDD. I'm not convinced by this as it is not how I have understood it elsewhere, which is as the co-occurrence of PDD and a major depressive episode. To me, this makes more sense. The distinction here is that MDD is the disorder that someone has if they have had a major depressive episode in the past or present (unless, of course, that MDE was a part of either bipolar I or II or schizoaffective disorder) whereas saying MDE specifies that it is in the present. So according to this article's current definition, someone with PDD who has had a MDE in the past but is not currently in it would be said to have double depression nonetheless. According to the definition I propose (admittedly unsourced hence starting the debate on the talk page) the double depression would only last the duration of the MDE in the person with PDD. Thoughts? Anditres (talk) 16:43, 24 October 2022 (UTC)Reply
