Is atypical depression simply a typical depression with unusual symptoms?

Bill Lyndon; Gordon Parker; Grace Morris; Pritha Das; Tim Outhred; Amber Hamilton; Darryl Bassett; Bernhard T Baune; Michael Berk; Philip Boyce; Roger Mulder; Ajeet B Singh; Gin S Malhi

doi:10.1177/0004867417721020

Is atypical depression simply a typical depression with unusual symptoms?

Aust N Z J Psychiatry. 2017 Sep;51(9):868-871. doi: 10.1177/0004867417721020. Epub 2017 Jul 28.

Authors

Bill Lyndon^{1

2

3

4}, Gordon Parker^{1

5

6}, Grace Morris^{1

2

7

8}, Pritha Das^{1

2

7

8}, Tim Outhred^{1

2

7

8}, Amber Hamilton^{1

2

7

8}, Darryl Bassett^{1

9}, Bernhard T Baune^{1

10}, Michael Berk^{1

11

12}, Philip Boyce^{1

13}, Roger Mulder^{1

14}, Ajeet B Singh^{1

11}, Gin S Malhi^{1

2

7

8}

Affiliations

¹ 1 Mood Assessment and Classification (MAC) Committee.
² 2 Sydney Medical School Northern, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
³ 3 Mood Disorders Unit, Northside Clinic, Greenwich, NSW, Australia.
⁴ 4 ECT Services Northside Group Hospitals, Greenwich, NSW, Australia.
⁵ 5 School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
⁶ 6 Black Dog Institute, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
⁷ 7 Academic Department of Psychiatry, Northern Sydney Local Health District, St Leonards, NSW, Australia.
⁸ 8 CADE Clinic, Royal North Shore Hospital, Northern Sydney Local Health District, St Leonards, NSW, Australia.
⁹ 9 Private Practice in Psychiatry and Division of Psychiatry, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia.
¹⁰ 10 Discipline of Psychiatry, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
¹¹ 11 School of Medicine, IMPACT Strategic Research Centre, Deakin University, Barwon Health, Geelong, Vic., Australia.
¹² 12 Department of Psychiatry, Orygen Research Centre, and the Florey Institute for Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic., Australia.
¹³ 13 Discipline of Psychiatry, Sydney Medical School, Westmead Clinical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
¹⁴ 14 Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch, Christchurch, New Zealand.

PMID: 28754056
DOI: 10.1177/0004867417721020

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MeSH terms

Affect
Age of Onset
Antidepressive Agents / therapeutic use*
Comorbidity
Depression* / diagnosis
Depression* / psychology
Depressive Disorder* / diagnosis
Depressive Disorder* / drug therapy
Depressive Disorder* / epidemiology
Depressive Disorder* / psychology
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
Disease Management
Female
Humans
Male
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Psychological Techniques

Substances

Antidepressive Agents