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Diagnosing Affective Disorders: Atypical Depression, Double Depression, and Other Puzzles
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This month's column focuses on the diagnosis of affective disorders according to the third edition of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-III).Abstract:
This month's column focuses on the diagnosis of affective disorders according to the third edition of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-III). Future columns will answer commonly asked questions about psychotic disorders and childhood disorders. Readers are urged to submit questions about the use of these categories, or their rationale, to Dr. Williams at the New York State Psychiatric institute, 722 West 168th Street, New York, New York 10032.read more
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"Double depression": superimposition of acute depressive episodes on chronic depressive disorders.
TL;DR: The authors found that patients withsuperimposed depression relapsed at a significantly higher rate immediately after recovery from the acute episode of depression than did patients without superimposed depression.
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Definitions of depression: concordance and prediction of outcome.
TL;DR: Using patient samples in London hospitals, the authors compared three methods of diagnosing and subdividing depressive illness in terms of their ability to predict outcome.
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