Diagnosing major depressive disorder introduction: an examination of the DSM-IV diagnostic criteria

The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
Mark ZimmermanIwona Chelminski

Abstract

During the past 3 decades, more research has been conducted on depression than any other psychiatric disorder. While there are numerous studies on depression in the areas of epidemiology, biopsychosocial correlates, genetics, course, and treatment, remarkably little research has focused on the criteria used to diagnose major depressive disorder. Nearly 10 years ago, we began the Rhode Island Methods to Improve Diagnostic Assessment and Services (MIDAS) project, an integration of a comprehensive assessment protocol into a community-based psychiatry outpatient practice. As part of this clinical-research program, patients have been administered semistructured diagnostic interviews to assess the DSM-IV Axis I and Axis II disorders by well-trained interviewers. One of the goals of the MIDAS project has been to examine issues of nosology. While changes in the successive editions of the American Psychiatric Association's DSM have been increasingly grounded on empirical research, many of the sets of diagnostic criteria have not been subject to empirical scrutiny. During the next 12 months, we will be publishing a series of papers examining varying aspects of the diagnostic criteria for major depression. This series represents the type ...Continue Reading

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Feb 17, 2009·The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine : Research on Paradigm, Practice, and Policy·V W C YimAda Y Leung
Aug 16, 2006·The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease·Mark ZimmermanDiane Young
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Apr 15, 2006·The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease·Mark ZimmermanIwona Chelminski
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