title: Past loss as a symptom formation factor in depression.
abstract: We examined the relationship between past loss and endogenous subtyping of depressed patients. In a sample of 124 female depressed inpatients there was no association between past loss and RDC endogenous or DSM-III melancholic subtyping. We thus failed to replicate Brown and colleagues' finding that past loss is a symptom formation factor.
authors.affiliation: University of Iowa, Department of Psychiatry, Iowa City 52242.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zimmerman
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Stangl
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pfohl
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Coryell
mesh_terms: D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000145:classification / Q000523:psychology*; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D008426:Maternal Deprivation; D010333:Paternal Deprivation; D011581:Psychological Tests