… distinct illness termed bipolar disorder. Depression is a heterogeneous disorder with a highly
… major current approaches to understanding the biologic mechanisms of major depression. …

… disorder, with persistent depressive disorder and with schizophrenia. The differential diagnosis
of bipolar disorder … Persistent depressive disorder is a chronic disorder and describes …

… depressive disorders, particularly major depressive disorder (MDD), but we also consider
dimensional measures of depressive … It is likely that the depressive disorders are multifactorial …

… emerged that corticosteroid receptor function is impaired in many patients with major
depression and in many healthy individuals at increased genetic risk for an depressive disorder ( …

… The diagnosis and treatment of depressive disorders illustrate the gaps that … of depression
in people who suffer from a severe physical illness, current classifications of mental disorders …

… disorders.The idea of a continuum, embodied in the dimensional approach, is that depressive
disorders are … nonspecific depressive symptoms (that do not amount to a disorder) to minor …

… In this regard, lessons can be learned from depressive symptoms in patients with … in patients
with depression exist. The identification of distinct endophenotypes for major depression will …

… Recommended and commonly used treatments for depression typically involve … health
disorders, such as bipolar disorder, adjustment disorder, dysthymia and comorbid depression (…

… and early adult anxiety or depressive disorders. The main goal of the report is to test 4
hypotheses on the nature of associations among adolescent and adult disorders. First, family …

… the prevalence of depressive disorders in a sample of 56 7- … depression, and 25% met the
criteria for dysthymia, with the majority of the children who met the criteria for major depression …