Reconsidering the definition of Major Depression based on Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology Surveys
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- 作者：Tom Rosenströ ; m ; tom.rosenstrom@helsinki.fi" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Markus Jokela
- 关键词：MDD ; DSM-IV Major Depressive Disorder ; MD ; an alternative definition for Major Depression to be derived ; CPES ; Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology Surveys ; WHODAS ; World Health Organization&rsquo ; s Disability Assessment Schedule ; WMH-CIDI ; World Mental Health Survey Initiative&rsquo ; s version of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview
- 刊名：Journal of Affective Disorders
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：1 January 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：207
- 期：Complete
- 页码：38-46
- 全文大小：613 K
文摘
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Answer has been called for the question “when does depression become a disorder?”.
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Often presence of disability is a requirement for a relevant diagnostic definition.
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A novel definition is derived using nationally representative data of US population.
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The novel definition captures the cases with disability, excluding those without.
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A minor adjustment of diagnostic definition may increase clinical relevance a lot.