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Electroconvulsive Therapy and Depression

II. Significance of Endogenous and Reactive Syndromes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

J. Mendels
J. Mendels*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of N. Carolina, Chapel Hill, N. Carolina, U.S.A.
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It is common practice to divide depression into two illnesses: reactive (or neurotic) and endogenous (or manic-depressive psychosis). This dichotomy is a source of extensive argument, and its value is controversial.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 111 , Issue 477 , August 1965 , pp. 682 - 686
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1965 

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