The classification of depression: are we still confused?
editorial · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1192/bjp.bp.107.039826.
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Abstract
Recent developments in the classification of major depressive disorder are reviewed in light of the predictions made by Kendell in the 1970s. Particularly, the institution of operational diagnoses along with the contentious issues of subdividing major depressive disorder and its characterisation on a dimensional as opposed to a categorical scale.
Medical subject headings
- Depression
- Depressive Disorder
- Psychiatric Status Rating Scales