[Markers of depression regarding DSM and popular diagnosis: an analysis of concordance in Quebec patients].
OBJECTIVE
To query the universality of affective disorder markers, particularly the level of consistency between DSM diagnostic criteria and the criteria implicit in popular diagnoses.


METHODS
Utilization of data from the Santé Québec (1987) survey to compare depression markers reported by respondents who identified themselves or were identified by a member of their household as "suffering from depression" and markers underlying DSM-III diagnostic criteria.


RESULTS
A popular diagnosis of depression is implicitly different from a psychiatric diagnosis considering an interdiagnosis similarity of 9.5%.


CONCLUSIONS
It is therefore important to become more knowledgeable about the markers underlying diagnosis of affective disorders.
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Département d'anthropologie, Université Laval, Ste-Foy, Québec.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015588:Observer Variation; D010552:Personality Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D011792:Quebec / Q000453:epidemiology; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
Les marqueurs de la dépression selon le DSM et le diagnostic populaire: une analyse de concordance chez les québécois.