PMID- 10354659
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19990707
LR  - 20181113
IS  - 1180-4882 (Print)
IS  - 1488-2434 (Electronic)
IS  - 1180-4882 (Linking)
VI  - 24
IP  - 3
DP  - 1999 May
TI  - Is atypical depression a moderate severity depression? A 536-case study.
PG  - 244-7
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To determine if atypical depression is less common among outpatients 
      with severe depression than among those with nonsevere depression. DESIGN: Case 
      series. SETTING: Private practice. PATIENTS: Five hundred and thirty-six 
      consecutive outpatients presenting for treatment of unipolar or bipolar II 
      depression. OUTCOME MEASURES: Prevalence of atypical depression among patients 
      with severe depression (Global Assessment of Functioning Scale [GAF] score of 50 
      or less) and nonsevere depression. RESULTS: There was no significant difference 
      in the prevalence of atypical depression between patients with severe and 
      nonsevere depression. CONCLUSIONS: Results do not support previous studies that 
      atypical depression is usually of moderate severity. A rating scale like the GAF, 
      which assesses both symptom severity and impairment of functioning, may give a 
      more complete assessment of depression severity than a symptoms rating scale 
      (used in previous studies), which does not cover atypical features and does not 
      assess functioning.
FAU - Benazzi, F
AU  - Benazzi F
AD  - Department of Psychiatry, Morgagni Public Hospital, Forli, Italy. 
      f.benazzi@fo.nettuno.it
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Canada
TA  - J Psychiatry Neurosci
JT  - Journal of psychiatry & neuroscience : JPN
JID - 9107859
SB  - IM
EIN - J Psychiatry Neurosci 2000 Mar;25(2):116
MH  - Adult
MH  - Bipolar Disorder/epidemiology
MH  - Chi-Square Distribution
MH  - Comorbidity
MH  - Depression/*classification/epidemiology
MH  - Depressive Disorder/*classification/epidemiology
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Italy/epidemiology
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - *Severity of Illness Index
PMC - PMC1189015
EDAT- 1999/06/04 10:00
MHDA- 2000/04/29 09:00
PMCR- 1999/05/01
CRDT- 1999/06/04 10:00
PHST- 1999/06/04 10:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2000/04/29 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 1999/06/04 10:00 [entrez]
PHST- 1999/05/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Psychiatry Neurosci. 1999 May;24(3):244-7.