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Book cover The Origins of Depression: Current Concepts and Approaches

Part of the book series: Dahlem Workshop Reports Life Sciences Research Report ((DAHLEM LIFE,volume 26))

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The term “depression” covers a wide range of phenomena, ranging from normal sadness, grief, and depressive symptoms, to a variety of clinical disorders for which many different terms are used. The group, therefore, started its discussion with an attempt to develop a common terminology for subdividing depressive disorders to be applied in the subsequent discussion of risk factors.

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Katschnig, H. et al. (1983). Risk Factors. In: Angst, J. (eds) The Origins of Depression: Current Concepts and Approaches. Dahlem Workshop Reports Life Sciences Research Report, vol 26. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69129-4_23

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