A contribution from the field of psychodynamics to the controversy over reactive and endogenous depression.

Publisher: British Psychological Society Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 0370640 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 0007-1129 (Print) Linking ISSN: 00071129 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Br J Med Psychol Subsets: MEDLINE

Publication: Letchworth Eng : British Psychological Society
Original Publication: London [etc.]

Psychoanalytic Theory*; Adjustment Disorders/*diagnosis ; Depression/*diagnosis; Adolescent ; Adult ; Aged ; Aggression ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Female ; Humans ; Identification, Psychological ; Inhibition, Psychological ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Projective Techniques

Comparisons of depressed with non-depressed subjects, and of endogenous depressives with reactive depressives, in respect of the quality and handling of aggression, suggest that endogenous depression is a distinct entity. Reactive depression is seen as essentially indistinguishable from other non-depressed psychiatric states.

Date Created: 19770301 Date Completed: 19770622 Latest Revision: 20191210

20240627

10.1111/j.2044-8341.1977.tb02402.x

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