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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1983-1-27
pubmed:abstractText
The author develops a nosologic framework for understanding the psychopathology of low-grade chronic depressions: 1) late-onset primary depressions with residual chronicity, 2) chronic secondary dysphorias, having a variable onset age and considered part of the symptomatic picture of nonaffective "neurotic" disorders or reactions to longstanding incapacitating medical diseases, and 3) early-onset characterologic depressions, which include a) character-spectrum disorders developing in the setting of tempestuous early object relationships and b) subaffective dysthymic disorders, conceptualized as genetically attenuated forms of primary affective illnesses. Differences in family history, REM latency, and pharmacologic responsiveness are presented in support of these distinctions. The author also proposes operational criteria to identify a thymoleptic-responsive subaffective dysthymic group.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0002-953X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
140
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
11-20
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1983
pubmed:articleTitle
Dysthymic disorder: psychopathology of proposed chronic depressive subtypes.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Review, Case Reports