Atypical features were incorporated into the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV, 1994) as an illness specifier for major depression and ...

Mental health professionals use the DSM to standardize the diagnosis and treatment processes for mental health conditions, including types of depression. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of ...

The DSM-IV criteria used to define ‘With Atypical Features’ as a specifier for episodes of major depression and dysthymia are summarized in Table 1. The DSM-IV makes a distinction between a formal ...

Feelings of sadness need not be overtly present. In fact, anhedonia has been shown to be a more sensitive marker for depression than sadness in primary care populations. Therefore, clinicians should ...

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth version (DSM-IV) [31] classifies depressive disorders (unipolar depression) as MDD, dysthymia and unspecified depressive disorder.