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A Physiological Comparison of ‘Endogenous' and ‘Reactive’ Depression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Peter Noble  and
Malcolm Lader
Peter Noble
Affiliation:
Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, S.E.5
Malcolm Lader
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, London, S.E.5
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The classification of depressive illness has long been a source of controversy in British psychiatry. In particular, phenomenological and statistical studies have failed to agree about the existence of a valid distinction between ‘endogenous' and ‘reactive’ depression (Carney, Roth and Garside (2); Eysenck (3); Kendell (7); Maxwell (9)).

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Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 120 , Issue 558 , May 1972 , pp. 541 - 542
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1972 

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