title: The classification of depression: are we still confused?
abstract: Recent developments in the classification of major depressive disorder are reviewed in light of the predictions made by Kendell in the 1970s. Particularly, the institution of operational diagnoses along with the contentious issues of subdividing major depressive disorder and its characterisation on a dimensional as opposed to a categorical scale.
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cole
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: McGuffin
authors.forename: Anne E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Farmer
mesh_terms: D003863:Depression / Q000145:classification*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000145:classification*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000592:standards*