Journal article
The treatment validity of DSM-III melancholic subtyping
Psychiatry research, Vol.16(1), pp.37-43
1985
DOI: 10.1016/0165-1781(85)90026-5
PMID: 3864174
Abstract
Because melancholic subtyping is associated with pretreatment symptom severity, the type of data-analytic technique used in examining treatment validity may affect one's conclusions. We examined the relationship between the presence or absence of melancholia and the response to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in 87 depressed inpatients. Depending on the definition of improvement used, melancholic subtyping was either not associated with ECT response, or non-melancholics had a better outcome than melancholics. We suggest that standard methods of outcome evaluation be required in therapy outcome studies.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The treatment validity of DSM-III melancholic subtyping
- Creators
- Mark ZimmermanWilliam CoryellBruce Pfohl
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Psychiatry research, Vol.16(1), pp.37-43
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ireland Ltd
- DOI
- 10.1016/0165-1781(85)90026-5
- PMID
- 3864174
- ISSN
- 0165-1781
- eISSN
- 1872-7123
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 1985
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry
- Record Identifier
- 9984003994702771
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