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Atypical depressive syndromes in varying definitions

Angst, J; Gamma, A; Benazzi, F; Silverstein, B; Ajdacic-Gross, V; Eich, D; Rössler, W (2006). Atypical depressive syndromes in varying definitions. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 256(1):44-54.

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Atypical depression (AD) exhibits distinct patterns of gender,bipolar-II disorder, genetic, and neuro-biological measures. Using prospective data from a community sample, this paper identifies criteria (and correlates) for an AD syndrome that maximizes the association with female sex and bipolar-II. METHODS: The Zurich cohort study is composed of 591 subjects selected from a population-based cohort of young adults in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland, screened in 1978 and followed with six interviews through 1999. Seven definitions of atypical depression were tested, using varying combinations of vegetative symptoms and mood reactivity. RESULTS: The atypical definitions using 2 of 3 (fatigue, overeating, oversleeping) or 2 of 2 (overeating, oversleeping) vegetative symptoms showed the strongest association with gender, bipolarity, and family history of mania. The 2/3 definition was chosen for further analysis due to its high sensitivity for identifying these characteristics. This syndrome had cumulated weighted prevalence of 16.4% (males 9.7%, females 23%); when associated with major depressive episodes, 8.2% (males 3.2%, females 15.1%). AD patients were characterized by high treatment rates, severity, and work impairment, early age of onset and long illness. AD was comorbid with social phobia, binge eating, neurasthenia, migraine headache, and subjective cognitive impairment.

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Item Type:Journal Article, refereed, original work
Communities & Collections:04 Faculty of Medicine > Psychiatric University Hospital Zurich > Clinic for Clinical and Social Psychiatry Zurich West (former)
Dewey Decimal Classification:610 Medicine & health
Scopus Subject Areas:Health Sciences > Psychiatry and Mental Health
Life Sciences > Biological Psychiatry
Health Sciences > Pharmacology (medical)
Uncontrolled Keywords:Adult - Bipolar Disorder/diagnosis/epidemiology/genetics/psychology - Cohort Studies - Comorbidity - Cross-Sectional Studies - Depressive Disorder/diagnosis/epidemiology/genetics/psychology - Depressive Disorder, Major/diagnosis/epidemiology/genetics/psychology - Diagnosis, Differential - Female - Humans - Male - Phenotype - Prospective Studies - Sex Factors - Statistics as Topic - Switzerland
Language:English
Date:2006
Deposited On:29 Sep 2011 12:38
Last Modified:05 Feb 2025 02:41
Publisher:Springer
ISSN:0940-1334
OA Status:Green
Publisher DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s00406-005-0600-z
PubMed ID:16041559
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