title: A brief, descriptive typology of depressed mood.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this paper is to consider the potential clinical utility of a descriptive typology of negative mood states that can present as, and tend to get loosely subsumed under, the broad ranging term, 'depression'.
  
  
  METHODS
  Information and ideas from clinical practice and the existing literature have been brought together with a view to compiling a provisional, brief, descriptive typology of depressed mood.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A qualitative typology of various kinds of depressed mood has heuristic value in engaging, formulating and planning treatment for people presenting with 'depression'.
authors.affiliation: North Metropolitan Area Mental Health, Perth, WA, Australia. Sam.Restifo@health.wa.gov.au
authors.forename: Sam
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Restifo
mesh_terms: D000339:Affect; D001007:Anxiety / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology; D003863:Depression / Q000145:classification / Q000523:psychology*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D009626:Terminology as Topic