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Towards a scientific taxonomy of depression.

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Krishnan, KRR
Published in: Dialogues Clin Neurosci
2008

Many concepts have been introduced into the classification of depression, including manic-depressive/bipolar disorder depression, etc. Kraepelin's original concept of manic-depressive disorder has evolved into the concept of polarity, and bipolar and unipolar disorders. Psychiatric classification is characterized by an inflation of the diagnostic categories, including subtypes of depression. This rapid multiplier effect is primarily descriptive, and there is a need to rethink, in a pragmatic fashion, the classification system, in order to develop one that is likely to be of utility and which has a scientific basis. Is the time now right to ask whether there are essential conditions relevant to depression? I think that it is, and here I will introduce the notion with two such conditions. The first is early life stress disorder, and the second vascular depression. These conditions have reached a point where the data supports them as distinct entities. In this paper, the rationale for this is discussed.

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Dialogues Clin Neurosci

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ISSN

1294-8322

Publication Date

2008

Volume

10

Issue

3

Start / End Page

301 / 308

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Psychiatry
  • Humans
  • Depression
  • 5202 Biological psychology
  • 3209 Neurosciences
  • 1199 Other Medical and Health Sciences
  • 1109 Neurosciences
 

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Krishnan, K. R. R. (2008). Towards a scientific taxonomy of depression. Dialogues Clin Neurosci, 10(3), 301–308. https://doi.org/10.31887/DCNS.2008.10.3/krrkrishnan
Krishnan, K Ranga Rama. “Towards a scientific taxonomy of depression.Dialogues Clin Neurosci 10, no. 3 (2008): 301–8. https://doi.org/10.31887/DCNS.2008.10.3/krrkrishnan.
Krishnan KRR. Towards a scientific taxonomy of depression. Dialogues Clin Neurosci. 2008;10(3):301–8.
Krishnan, K. Ranga Rama. “Towards a scientific taxonomy of depression.Dialogues Clin Neurosci, vol. 10, no. 3, 2008, pp. 301–08. Pubmed, doi:10.31887/DCNS.2008.10.3/krrkrishnan.
Krishnan KRR. Towards a scientific taxonomy of depression. Dialogues Clin Neurosci. 2008;10(3):301–308.

Published In

Dialogues Clin Neurosci

DOI

ISSN

1294-8322

Publication Date

2008

Volume

10

Issue

3

Start / End Page

301 / 308

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Psychiatry
  • Humans
  • Depression
  • 5202 Biological psychology
  • 3209 Neurosciences
  • 1199 Other Medical and Health Sciences
  • 1109 Neurosciences