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Should the diagnosis of major depression be made independent of or dependent upon the psychosocial context?

Psychological medicine - 1 May 2010

Kendler K S, Myers J, Halberstadt L J

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BACKGROUND: The diagnosis of certain psychiatric syndromes (e.g. panic attacks, post-traumatic stress disorder) is crucially dependent on the psychosocial context in which they arise. For other syndromes (e.g. schizophrenia), the context is generally irrelevant. Should the diagnosis of major depression (MD) be made dependent upon or independent of the psychosocial context in which it occurs? METHOD: Twins were...

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PMID: 19656430
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291709990845
PMCID: PMC2847027

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