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Longitudinal Studies of Diurnal Variations in Depression: A Sample of 643 Patient Days

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

F. Stallone ,
G. J. Huba ,
W. G. Lawlor  and
R. R. Fieve
F. Stallone
Affiliation:
New York State Psychiatric Institute, 722 West 168th Street, New York, N.Y. 10032, U.S.A
G. J. Huba
Affiliation:
Fordham University
W. G. Lawlor
Affiliation:
New York State Psychiatric Institute. Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY. 10032, U.S.A
R. R. Fieve
Affiliation:
New York State Psychiatric Institute. Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY. 10032, U.S.A
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Diurnal variations in symptom intensity have long been recognized as a characteristic feature of depression, and have always had a prominent place in clinical descriptions of the illness. A worsening of depression in the morning has classically been associated with endogenous depression, while a worsening in the evening has been described as characteristic of reactive or neurotic depression (Kiloh and Garside, 1963; Winokur, Clayton and Reich, 1969). Yet, in spite of the widely held belief of the diagnostic relevance of diurnal patterns, little systematic research on these patterns has been reported.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 123 , Issue 574 , September 1973 , pp. 311 - 318
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1973 

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