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Identification of the Endogenous Depressive Syndrome Based on the Symptoms and the Characteristics of the Course

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

P. Matussek ,
M. Söldner  and
D. Nagel
P. Matussek
Affiliation:
Forschungsstelle fur Psychopathologie und Psychotherapie in der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Montsalvatstrasse 19, D-8000 München 40, Germany
M. Söldner
Affiliation:
Forschungsstelle fur Psychopathologie und Psychotherapie in der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Montsalvatstrasse 19, D-8000 München 40, Germany
D. Nagel
Affiliation:
Forschungsstelle fur Psychopathologie und Psychotherapie in der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Montsalvatstrasse 19, D-8000 München 40, Germany
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Using a sample of 198 depressed patients (145 female, 53 male) retrospective histories of the illnesses were collected during a depression-free interval, based on a catalogue containing 38 symptom items and the course of the depression (including the interval personality). A cluster analysis on persons and items filtered out an endogenous depressive item profile, corresponding with the clinical syndrome of patients diagnosed as endogenous depressives in the clinics, although determined without reference to the clinical diagnoses. Our study supports many results from earlier multivariate statistical studies. We consider our data to be an essential contribution towards the establishment of a multiaxial clinical picture.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 138 , Issue 5 , May 1981 , pp. 361 - 372
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1981 

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