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Depression symptom patterns

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Paul Matussek ,
Olga Luks  and
Dorothea Nagel
Paul Matussek*
Affiliation:
Research Centre for Psychopathology and Psychotherapy in the Max Planck Society, Munich, West Germany
Olga Luks
Affiliation:
Research Centre for Psychopathology and Psychotherapy in the Max Planck Society, Munich, West Germany
Dorothea Nagel
Affiliation:
Research Centre for Psychopathology and Psychotherapy in the Max Planck Society, Munich, West Germany
*
1 Address for correspondence: Professor Dr med. Dr phil. Paul Matussek. Forschungsstelle für Psychopathologie und Psychotherapie in der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Montsalvatstrasse 19, D-8000 München 40, West Germany
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Synopsis

Cluster analyses with 60 depressive patients resulted in a division of the patients into 4 groups: (1) one main group of endogenous depressives; (2), (3) two mixed groups, indicating that it is not always possible to distinguish between endogenous and neurotic depression by means of symptoms; (4) one group of neurotic depressives. Our interpretation of the results is that the latter 3 clusters differ from the main group of endogenous depressives by their greater inner involvement with the world around them, though this involvement assumes different forms in the 3 groups.

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Research Article
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Psychological Medicine , Volume 12 , Issue 4 , November 1982 , pp. 765 - 773
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1982

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