title: [Heterogeneity of the depressive mood. Construction of a polydimensional scale].
abstract: The evaluation of depressive mood implies several levels of the clinician's inferences: behaviour observation, subjective experience report, affective communication... The authors report the first stages in the construction of a specific depressive mood scale administered to a major depressive disorder population of 52 patients meeting DSM III criteria. The principal component analysis splits mood into three main factors: dysphoria, expressed sadness, emotional blunting. These various emotional dimensions should be taken into account for the analysis of drugs effects.
authors: INSERM U 302 Psychopathologie et Psychopharmacologie des comportements, La Salpétrière, Paris.
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Jouvent
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Hardy
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Bouvard
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Braconnier
authors: V
authors: V
authors: Roumengous
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Grasset
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Widlocher
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000523:psychology; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
vernacular_title: L'hétérogénéité de l'humeur dépressive. Construction d'une échelle polydimensionnelle.