Past loss as a symptom formation factor in depression.
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.
Zimmerman
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University of Iowa, Department of Psychiatry, Iowa City 52242.
Stangl
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Pfohl
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Coryell
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D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000145:classification / Q000523:psychology*; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D008426:Maternal Deprivation; D010333:Paternal Deprivation; D011581:Psychological Tests