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[The distinctive quality of depressed mood. V: Its prevalence in depressive disorders]
J A Ramos Brieva1, M L Montejo Iglesias, C Ponce de León
1Consejería de Salud, Servicio de Investigación, Madrid.
Actas Luso-Espanolas De Neurologia, Psiquiatria Y Ciencias Afines
|May 1, 1990
Abstract:
A prevalence of the 90% of "distinct quality" in depressed is detected using the Pathological Sadness Index. Its presence is non dependent of the presence or absence of life event and it is more frequent in melancholic subjects. The Pathological Sadness Index show a presence of "distinct quality" in 83% of cases without subjective experience of it.