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The Relationship of the Syndromes Called Endogenous and Neurotic Depression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

L. G. Kiloh ,
Gavin Andrews ,
Megan Neilson  and
G. N. Bianchi
L. G. Kiloh
Affiliation:
School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, The Prince Henry Hospital, Little Bay, N.S. W. 2036, Australia
Gavin Andrews
Affiliation:
School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, The Prince Henry Hospital, Little Bay, N.S. W. 2036, Australia
Megan Neilson
Affiliation:
School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, The Prince Henry Hospital, Little Bay, N.S. W. 2036, Australia
G. N. Bianchi
Affiliation:
School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, The Prince Henry Hospital, Little Bay, N.S. W. 2036, Australia
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Extract

The classification of depressive illness continues to be a subject for dispute. Studies in many areas support the view that there are two distinct forms of depression, but until techniques of multivariate analysis became available it was difficult to obtain definite support for either the unitary or the binary view.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 121 , Issue 561 , August 1972 , pp. 183 - 196
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1972 

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