Are depressive persons capable of describing changes in their reactions without being able to explain them? A proof of a cybernetic hypothesis of depression

Psychopathology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 86-91

  Leibetseder, Max ^a,c   Kamolz, Thomas ^b  

^a Social Medical Services of Salzburg   (Austria)

^b General Public Hospital Zell am See   (Austria)

^c NONE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Depression; Description of changes in reactions; Explanation of changes in reactions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CONCEPT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 2442567580     PISSN: 02544962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000078088     Document Type: Article

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