Can the DSM's major depression bereavement exclusion be validly extended to other stressors?: Evidence from the NCS

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 294-305

  Wakefield, Jerome C ^a,b,c,d   Schmitz, M F ^c,e  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Division of Clinical Phenomenology Department of Psychiatry Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^e TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bereavement exclusion; Diagnostic validity; DSM 5; Harmful dysfunction; Major depression

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; DSM-IV; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE DISORDERS, PSYCHOTIC; CLASSIFICATION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE DISORDERS, PSYCHOTIC; BEREAVEMENT; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902208663     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acps.12064     Document Type: Article

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