Should Major Depressive Disorder Be Capitalized?

In general, do not capitalize the names of diseases, disorders, therapies, treatments, theories, concepts, hypotheses, principles, models, and statistical procedures.

Should depression be capitalized?

Anxiety, depression and other conditions should not be capitalized unless the words appear in a headline. Example: His wife was concerned he had a drinking problem. Concern, condition, issue (depending on context) Example: His wife was concerned he was living with alcohol use disorder.

Are DSM 5 diagnoses capitalized?

Note: DSM-5 presents diagnostic specifiers in lowercase rather than capitalized letters. However, in order to ensure that readers recognize that all words are part of the diagnostic description, I recommend that the entire diagnosis be capitalized, including specifiers.