Multidimensional anatomy of 'modern type depression' in Japan: A proposal for a different diagnostic approach to depression beyond the DSM-5

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 7-23

  Kato, Takahiro A ^a,b   Hashimoto, Ryota ^c,d   Hayakawa, Kohei ^a   Kubo, Hiroaki ^a   Watabe, Motoki ^e   Teo, Alan R ^f,g   Kanba, Shigenobu ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^f PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

atypical depression; depression; DSM 5; dysthymia; major depressive disorder; shu chaku kishitsu

Indexed keywords

ATYPICAL DEPRESSION; CHECKLIST; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DSM-5; DSM-IV; DYSTHYMIA; HUMAN; JAPAN; MEDICAL HISTORY; MODERN TYPE DEPRESSION; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRESCRIPTION; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; CASE REPORT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

CULTURE; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84957439464     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pcn.12360     Document Type: Review

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