How many different symptom combinations fulfil the diagnostic criteria for major depressive disorder? Results from the CRESCEND study
- Title
- How many different symptom combinations fulfil the diagnostic criteria for major depressive disorder? Results from the CRESCEND study
- Author
- 박용천
- Keywords
- Major depressive disorder; depressive symptom combinations; polythetic definition; diagnostic heterogeneity; family resemblances
- Issue Date
- 2017-01
- Publisher
- TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
- Citation
- NORDIC JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY, v. 71, no. 3, page. 217-222
- Abstract
- Background: The polythetic nature of major depressive disorder (MDD) in DSM- IV and DSM-5 inevitably leads to diagnostic heterogeneity.Aims: This study aimed to identify the number of depressive symptom combinations actually fulfilling the DSM-IV diagnostic criteria that can be found in Korean MDD patients and the relative frequencies of each combination.Methods: Using the data from the Clinical Research Center for Depression (CRESCEND) study in South Korea, we enrolled 853 MDD patients diagnosed using DSM-IV and scored as 8 or more on the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAMD). Descriptive statistical analyses were performed to reveal the degree of diagnostic heterogeneity of the MDD.Results: This study identified 119 different depressive symptom combinations. The most common combination consisted of all nine depressive symptom profiles, and nine different combinations were each present in more than 3% of the patients.Conclusion: The findings support the criticism that the diagnosis of MDD is not based on a single mental process, but on a set of family resemblances'.
- URI
- https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08039488.2016.1265584https://repository.hanyang.ac.kr/handle/20.500.11754/112248
- ISSN
- 0803-9488; 1502-4725
- DOI
- 10.1080/08039488.2016.1265584
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- COLLEGE OF MEDICINE[S](의과대학) > MEDICINE(의학과) > Articles
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