[The role of neurasthenic syndrome in depression (author's transl)]

In endogenous depression a neurasthenic syndrome is partially included. In 100 male cases whose diagnoses merely stated "endogenous depression" without further remarks like "neurotic traits" or "reactive influences", we found in 48 cases a clear neurasthenic syndrome. It is suggested that these symptoms often lead to the diagnosis of endogenous depression. Pharmacotherapy is partially directed to the neurasthenic condition. Hereditary factors may play a part in the unability of the later endogenous depressive to relax.