Depression sum-scores don’t add up: why analyzing specific depression symptoms is essential
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Depression sum-scores don’t add up: why analyzing specific depression symptoms is essential
Most measures of depression severity are based on the number of reported symptoms, and threshold scores are often used to classify individuals as healthy or depressed. This method--and research results based on it--are valid if depression is a single condition, and all symptoms are equally good severity indicators. Here, we review a host of studies documenting that specific depressive symptoms ...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Medicine
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1741-7015
DOI: 10.1186/s12916-015-0325-4