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Major Depressive Disorder

Known as: Disorders, Major Depressive, MAJOR DEPRESSION, MDD 
Marked depression appearing in the involution period and characterized by hallucinations, delusions, paranoia, and agitation.
National Institutes of Health

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Depressive episode, unspecifiedInvolutional paraphreniaMajor Depressive Disorder 1Major Depressive Disorder 2

Broader (4)

Mental DepressionMood DisordersParanoid Schizophreniaclinical depression

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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
The combined DEX-CRH test in treatment course and long-term outcome of major depression.
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Women, Feminism, and Aging
WOMEN, FEMINISM, AND AGING Colette V. Browne, DrPH New York: Springer Publishing Company, 1998, 323, $49.95 (hardcover). Women… 
Review
1998
Review
1998
Alterations in serotonergic responsiveness during cocaine withdrawal in rats: similarities to major depression in humans
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Increased CD56+ natural killer cells and related cytokines in major depression.
Twenty-seven inpatients with major depression were examined four times within 6 weeks to assess CD56+ natural killer (NK) cell… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Characteristics and significance of untreated major depressive disorder.
OBJECTIVE This study sought to describe the characteristics and consequences of untreated major depressive disorder. METHOD As… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Three concomitants: personality disorders, psychiatric severity, and outcome of dynamic psychotherapy of major depression.
In a group of 25 patients with major depression, the authors investigated the relationships among having a comorbid personality… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Temperament and major depression in 11 to 16 year olds.
Temperament (EAS teacher and parent questionnaire) and mental state (modified DISC-C interview with adolescent) was… 
Review
1988
Review
1988
Panic disorder and major depression. A tale of two syndromes.
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Effect of 5-hydroxytryptophan on serum cortisol levels in major affective disorders. II. Relation to suicide, psychosis, and depressive symptoms.
Serum cortisol levels were significantly higher after administration of 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP), 200 mg orally, in… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
The reaction of great tits (Parus major) to playback of degraded and undegraded songs: the effect of familiarity with the stimulus song type
-We played degraded and undegraded song types to territorial Great Tits. Each bird was tested with degraded and undegraded… 
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