Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10297424 | Comprehensive Psychiatry | 2005 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
The high prevalence of Axis I and II comorbidity in major depression may be explained, at least in part, by the presence of atypical depression. Our findings also suggest that the increased Axis I comorbidity observed in atypical depression is independent of the effects of personality disorders and is probably a direct effect of atypical depression subtype. Future research should confirm whether clinical findings associated with atypical depression are independent of their association with personality disorders in a larger sample of depressed patients and also examine treatment implications in atypical depression other than a preferential monoamine oxidase inhibitor responsivity.
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Authors
Lata K. McGinn, Gregory M. Asnis, Sonia Suchday, Margaret Kaplan,