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The diagnosis of depression in disorder
1Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, European Graduate School for Neuroscience, Maastricht University, The Netherlands.
The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
|March 20, 1999
Abstract
Objective:
My purpose is to critically evaluate psychiatry's current approach to the diagnosis of depression.
Methods:
I have closely examined trends in diagnosing depression, especially since DSM-III, and have considered alternative options.
Results/Conclusions:
Psychiatric taxonomy is currently based on invalid nosological premises that have worked as a strait jacket for conceptual progress and related biological and psychopharmacological research. A fresh approach that replaces nosological analysis with the concepts of functionalisation and verticalisation is essential.