confused and dont understand

hi ,im cindy ,ive recently been diagnosed with bipolar 2 dis. and major depressive dis. generalized anxiety dis can someone tell me what major depressive dis. with single episode in partial remission means

Hello cindy: I'm sorry I cannot define these terms for you. Hopefully other members will be able to be of some assistance. However, since this is your first post here on PC... to PsychCentral… from the Skeezyks! May the time you spend here be of benefit.

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Major depressive disorder is depression that meets the medical criteria for depression (sometimes called clinical depression). Single episode means you've only had one round of it. In partial remission means you are improving and some symptoms are gone but not all of them (which is full remission).

Have you had mania or hypomania? That's needed for bipolar an usually once you have a bipolar diagnosis you don't have a depression diagnosis anymore because depression is part of bipolar.