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9271791

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-10-23
pubmed:abstractText
Cluster analysis was performed on the DSM-III symptoms of major depression and symptoms of melancholia identified in a study group consisting of 220 unipolar depressed inpatients a melancholic and non-melancholic cluster. Patients allocated to the melancholic cluster were more severely depressed and they were characterized by psychomotor disorders, a distinct quality of mood, diurnal variation, early morning awakening, and non-reactivity. Our results support the construct validity of the DSM-III melancholic subtype of major depression. This study supports the integrated threshold model:. (i) melancholic and non-melancholic depression may be regarded as continuous classes in terms of overall severity of depression; and (ii) both groups form discrete categories with regard to the melancholic symptoms, which emerge as the severity of depression increases.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0165-1781
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
8
pubmed:volume
71
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
181-95
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-4-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Cluster analytic validation of the DSM melancholic depression. The threshold model: integration of quantitative and qualitative distinctions between unipolar depressive subtypes.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychiatry, Antwerp University Hospital (U.Z.A.), Edegem, Belgium.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't