[Comparison of diagnostic criteria for depressive disorders based on L.I.C.E.T-D 100]

Many authors underline that the investigations on depressive patients regard non-homogeneous groups of subjects because no unique, widely accepted diagnostic system exists. The aim of the work was to compare seven diagnostic systems (based on L.I.C.E.T-D) as well as to evaluate in to what extend the results obtained in different centers are comparable with each other. Thirty in-patients with depression were included. The results show the range of the diagnosis of depression (psychogenic and endogenous) in bipolar disorder reflects major depression in DSM-III, RDC, primary depression by Feighner, and endogenomorphic depression by Kleist and Berner as well.