title: A psychoanalytic perspective on depression.
abstract: A correct understanding of the role of depressive affect in triggering psychic conflict leads to a reformulation of the origins and the psychodynamics of depression as a feature of mental illness. It also raises serious question about the validity of the diagnosis of depressive illness.
authors.affiliation: New York Psychoanalytic Institute.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Brenner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007989:Libido; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D008960:Models, Psychological; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory; D011606:Psychosexual Development