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The Diagnostic Validity of Melancholic Major Depression in a Population-Based Sample of Female Twins

1 Apr 1997

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BACKGROUND: Although the diagnosis of melancholia is among the oldest in psychiatry, the validity of the melancholic subtype of major depression (MD) is still debated. If melancholia is a valid subtype of depression, is it quantitatively more severe than or qualitatively distinct from nonmelancholic depression? METHODS: The lifetime history of MD and melancholia, defined by DSM-IV criteria, was assessed at...

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PMID: 9107145
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1997.01830160013002

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