Depression Treatment – McLean VA Psychiatrist
High Functioning Depression isn’t a true medical diagnosis. It isn’t listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSMMD), a guide for mental health professionals. It is another term for Dysthymia. “High Functioning Depression”, an invisible form of Depression; is a newer term popular among the white collar community, movie and media stars and people of affluence. High Functioning Depression is popping up on treatment websites, media and health blogs as a way to characterize people with low mood, low energy, and anxiety, experts say.
It is however, a useful term because it is “readily understandable”. It “masks” the stigma and encompasses people who don’t necessarily fit neatly into traditional diagnostic categories covering forms of Depression and Anxiety.
High Functioning Depression can describe many types of mild to moderate depression and a wide array of other mental disorders including Adult Attention Deficit Disorder – ADD and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder – ADHD and forms of Anxiety.
If you feel you are having mild to moderate symptoms of depression, having a lack of motivation, sleep issues, days when you feel on top of the world and others where you don’t even want to go to work; you may be suffering from a form of depression.
Contact our office and setup an appointment to see Dr. Rehman. Don’t wait another day. Call our office at (571) 236-8516.
Dr. Amir Rehman is a Psychiatrist located in McLean serving patients in the greater Washington, DC metro area. He is a board certified medical doctor of Psychiatry with over 25 years in his field. He has a fellowship in Addiction Medicine treating Opiate and Alcohol addictions and received his postgraduate training from Howard University Hospital and University of South Florida. He has extensive experience treating children and adults, supervision of medical students and residents from Georgetown University, George Washington University and Howard University.