title: Varieties of temporal experience in depression.
abstract: People with depression often report alterations in their experience of time, a common complaint being that time has slowed down or stopped. In this paper, I argue that depression can involve a range of qualitatively different changes in the structure of temporal experience, some of which I proceed to describe. In addition, I suggest that current diagnostic categories such as "major depression" are insensitive to the differences between these changes. I conclude by briefly considering whether the kinds of temporal experience associated with depression are specific to depression.
authors.affiliation: Durham University, UK. m.j.ratcliffe@durham.ac.uk
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ratcliffe
mesh_terms: D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D009042:Motivation; D010686:Philosophy, Medical; D013998:Time Perception