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The Classification of Depression by Numerical Taxonomy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

I. Pilowsky ,
S. Levine  and
D. M. Boulton
I. Pilowsky
Affiliation:
University of Sydney
S. Levine
Affiliation:
Oldham and District General Hospital, Oldham, Lancs.
D. M. Boulton
Affiliation:
Basser Computing Department, University of Sydney
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Controversy over the classification of depressive phenomena has been a prominent feature of the psychiatric scene for about forty years and the issues involved have been reviewed on a number of occasions (Partridge 1949; Grinker et al. 1961; Kiloh 1965; Rosenthal and Klerman 1966; Mendels and Cochrane 1968). Briefly it may be stated that a number of attempts have been made to support or refute the validity of classifying depressions into those which are “endogenous” and those which are “reactive” or “neurotic”; using a variety of statistical methods which have included factor analysis, principal component analysis and multiple regression analysis.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 115 , Issue 525 , August 1969 , pp. 937 - 945
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1969 

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