“Neurotic,” Characterological, and Dysthymic Depressions

Volume: 2, Issue: 3, Pages: 595 - 617
Published: Dec 1, 1979
Abstract
Summarizing recent work on the relationship between character disorder, neurosis, and primary depression, the authors acknowledge that the “neurotic depression” of DSM II is too vague and heterogenous a diagnostic term for clinical utility. The DSM III concept of dysthymia, which replaces it, retains the useful concept of characterological propensity to dysphoria, but may also be unnecessarily broad. Noting that chronic depressions may occur in...
Paper Details
Title
“Neurotic,” Characterological, and Dysthymic Depressions
Published Date
Dec 1, 1979
Volume
2
Issue
3
Pages
595 - 617
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