The varieties of depressive experience: Diagnosing mood disorders

Psychiatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 73-86

  Ghaemi, S Nassir ^a   Vöhringer, Paul A ^a,b   Vergne, Derick E ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Depression; Diagnosis; Jaspers; Mood disorder; Phenomenology; Psychopathology

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; PLACEBO; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ANHEDONIA; BIOMEDICAL REDUCTIONISM; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MODEL; DOGMATISM; ECLECTICISM; EXISTENTIALISM; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; GENETIC CORRELATION; HUMAN; INTROSPECTION; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MELANCHOLIA; MENTAL DISEASE; MIXED DEPRESSION; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROSIS; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PURE DEPRESSION; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AWARENESS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMANS; MOOD DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY;

EID: 84857422766     PISSN: 0193953X     EISSN: 15583147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psc.2011.11.008     Document Type: Review

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