OUTLINE

Background
Method
Findings from collated data
ICD-11 CDDR diagnosis of Depressive disorders
Compliance with ICD-11 CDDR in making diagnosis of Depressive disorders
Conclusion
References

BACKGROUND

Clinical practice guidelines (CPG) are authored to put the most updated information into a document that will aid the provision of best practices by clinicians. 

There is evidence to suggest that those clinicians who adhere to CPG deliver better outcomes to their patients.

In the practice of medicine, chapter 6 of the ICD-11 CDDR, provides the clinical descriptions and diagnostic requirements for diagnosis of mental, behavioural and neurodevelopmental disorders.

Depressive disorders are characterized by depressive mood (e.g. feeling sad, irritable, empty) or loss of pleasure accompanied by other cognitive, behavioural or neurovegetative symptoms that significantly affect the individual’s ability to function.

A depressive disorder should not be diagnosed in individuals who have ever experienced a manic, mixed or hypomanic episode, which would indicate the presence of a bipolar disorder.

Thus, this audit aims to assess the compliance with ICD-11 in making diagnoses of depressive disorders.