Melancholic subtyping: a qualitative or quantitative distinction?
Melancholic depressed subjects scored significantly higher than did nonmelancholic subjects both on the depressive symptoms used and those not used for melancholic subtyping. The results suggest that DSM-III's melancholic criteria do not identify a qualitatively distinct subgroup, but instead reflect illness severity.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008370:Manuals as Topic / Q000592:standards; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales