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Depression Spectrum Disease versus Pure Depressive Disease: Some Further Data

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

George Winokur ,
Remi Cadoret ,
M. Baker  and
J. Dorzab
George Winokur
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, U.S.A.
Remi Cadoret
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, U.S.A.
M. Baker
Affiliation:
Psychiatry, Fort Smith, Arkansas, U.S.A.
J. Dorzab
Affiliation:
Psychiatry, 918 Lexington Avenue, Fort Smith, Arkansas, U.S.A.
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In a recent letter to this Journal, Galdi (1974) stated, ‘Through what is … a genetic approach to classification, Winokur and associates … reported the isolation of two subtypes of unipolar depressive disorder differentiated by age of onset and contrasting family history pattern.’ These subtypes (Winokur, 1974) are termed depression spectrum disease (early-onset; most likely female; familial alcoholism and/or antisocial personality) and pure depressive disease (late onset; equally male or female; little familial alcoholism and/or antisocial personality).

Type
Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 127 , Issue 1 , July 1975 , pp. 75 - 77
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1975 

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