Mount Carmel Health Partners Clinical Guidelines Major Depression | Page 5

Table 5: General medical conditions causing or contributing to major depression (“Secondary Depression”)
Drugs and poisons:
alcohol, beta blockers, steroids, opiates,
barbiturates, withdrawal from cocaine or amphetamines, heavy metal
poisoning, cholinesterase inhibitors, cimetidine, chemotherapy agents Metabolic/Endocrine Conditions:
hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, severe anemia,
hyperparathyroidism, hypokalemia, hyponatremia, Cushing
disease, Addison disease, uremia, hypopituitarism, porphyria,
Wilson Disease, Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome
Infectious diseases:
tuberculosis, Epstein-Barr infection, HIV, pneumonia, postinfluenza,
tertiary syphilis, encephalitis Neurodegenerative and demyelinating diseases:
Alzheimer disease, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson disease,
Huntington disease
Other neurologic:
subdural hematoma, normal pressure hydrocephalus, strokes, post-
traumatic brain injury syndromes, cerebral tumors Neoplasia:
carcinomatosis, cancers of the pancreas, lung, breast, and
others
Others:
systemic lupus erythematosus, other collagen vascular disorders,
other chronic inflammatory or auto-immune disorders, heart failure
Table 6: Commonly Prescribed Anti-Depressants
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