Basic concepts of depression

This paper reviews concepts of depression, including history and classification. The original broad concept of melancholia included all forms of quiet insanity. The term depression began to appear in the nineteenth century as did the modern concept of affective disorders, with the core disturbance n...

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Main Author: Paykel, Eugene S.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Les Laboratoires Servier 2008
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3181879/