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Depressive syndromes and the classification of patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

R. K. Garside ,
D. W. K. Kay ,
I. C. Wilson ,
I. D. Deaton  and
M. Roth
R. K. Garside
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, Royal Victoria Infirmary and University of Newcastle upon Tyne
D. W. K. Kay
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, Royal Victoria Infirmary and University of Newcastle upon Tyne
I. C. Wilson
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, Royal Victoria Infirmary and University of Newcastle upon Tyne
I. D. Deaton
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, Royal Victoria Infirmary and University of Newcastle upon Tyne
M. Roth
Affiliation:
The Department of Mental Health, Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.A.
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Synopsis

The scores of 269 depressed patients on the Depressive Category-Type Scale were analysed. The distributions of component and total scores were found to be bimodal, indicating that most depressed patients can be divided into an endogenous group and another characterized by the presence of neurotic features and the absence of endogenous ones. These findings were discussed in relation to those of other investigators. The relationship between the differentiation of syndromes and the classification of patients into corresponding diagnostic groups was considered. Finally, it was suggested that it should be interesting to try to estimate, from published data, the correlation between endogenous and neurotic depression in the general population.

Type
Research Article
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 1 , Issue 4 , August 1971 , pp. 333 - 338
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1971

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