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The Classification of the Depressions

Contemporary Confusion Revisited

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Anne Farmer  and
Peter McGuffin
Anne Farmer*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Wales College of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff CF4 4XN
Peter McGuffin
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Wales College of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff CF4 4XN
*
∗Correspondence
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It is 13 years since Kendell (1976) reviewed the ‘contemporary confusion’ surrounding the classification of depression. Reconsideration of this issue is now timely, especially in light of the development of the new classifications of affective disorder included in DSM–III (American Psychiatric Association, 1980), the revised version, DSM–III–R (American Psychiatric Association, 1987), and the forthcoming ICD–10 (World Health Organization, 1988). Recent activities in neurobiological, genetic and social research also bear importantly on our concepts of the aetiology of depression.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 155 , Issue 4 , October 1989 , pp. 437 - 443
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists 1989 

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