IDENTIFICATION OF MINOR AFFECTIVE-DISORDERS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY

被引:13
作者
WINTER, P
PHILIPP, M
BULLER, R
DELMO, CD
SCHWARZE, H
BENKERT, O
机构
[1] Department of Psychiatry, University of Mainz, Mainz
关键词
DEPRESSION; CLASSIFICATION; DSM-IIIR; PRIMARY CARE;
D O I
10.1016/0165-0327(91)90046-U
中图分类号
R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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摘要
Five hundred general practice patients with functional complaints were studied with the Polydiagnostic Interview (PODI) to see whether DSM-IIIR criteria were able to specify affective disorders satisfactorily. Almost one third of the patients received the diagnosis of depression not otherwise specified (NOS). When Research Diagnostic Criteria were applied to these patients more than 70% received specific diagnoses. A modification of DSM-IIIR algorithms enabled us to further specify diagnoses in subjects with depression NOS. On the 17-item Hamilton Depression Scale many of these patients reached scores of 13 or more which is severe enough to justify a therapy trial with antidepressants.
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