DSM IV (the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) criteria for major depressive episode include, over a two week period or more, all of the following except:

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The DSM IV criteria for major depressive episode includes the presence of depressed mood or loss of interest or pleasure in daily activities, significant weight loss or gain, insomnia or hypersomnia, psychomotor agitation or retardation, fatigue or loss of energy, feelings of worthlessness or excessive or inappropriate guilt, diminished ability to think or concentrate, and recurrent thoughts of death or suicide. Anger toward friends and family is not one of the listed criteria.

DSM IV (The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)