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Melancholia

Known as: Melancholic Depression, Melancholias, Melancholia NOS 
A subtype of depression characterized by the inability to find pleasure in positive things combined with physical agitation, insomnia, or decreased… 
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Depression, psychoticEndogenous depressionMajor Depressive DisorderMental Depression

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Depressive disorderMental disorders

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Review
2004
Review
2004
Working with grieving adults
Despite the dearth of recent psychiatric literature on the subject of grief, mental health professionals continue to see patients… 
2001
2001
[Apropos of atypical melancholia with Sustiva (efavirenz)].
The treatment of HIV infection has changed dramatically in recent years as a result of the development of new drugs which allows… 
1999
1999
Some notes on the 'heroic self' and the meaning and importance of its reparation for the creative process and the creative personality.
  • R. Steiner
  • The International journal of psycho-analysis
  • 1999
  • Corpus ID: 44252486
The author discusses a few points in a long clinical history from which he has derived the notion of 'heroic self', describing… 
1988
1988
A Discourse on Professorial Melancholia.
The concept of professorial melancholia is introduced and discussed. Professorial melancholia is defined as a progressive… 
1987
1987
ECT-induced EEG asymmetry and therapeutic response in melancholia: relation to treatment electrode placement.
Six right-unilateral and bilateral ECTs were equally effective in reducing Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression scores in 34… 
1986
1986
Melancholic subtyping: a qualitative or quantitative distinction?
Melancholic depressed subjects scored significantly higher than did nonmelancholic subjects both on the depressive symptoms used… 
1986
1986
Neuroleptic dose and desipramine concentrations during combined treatment of unipolar delusional depression.
The relationship of response to neuroleptic dose and desipramine plasma concentration was examined in 31 patients with unipolar… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Validation of four definitions of melancholia by the dexamethasone suppression test.
The authors evaluated four sets of diagnostic criteria, the Newcastle Index, DSM-III, RDC, and the Michigan Diagnostic Index, for… 
1981
1981
Evaluation of the DSM-III criteria for melancholia.
The DSM-III criteria for melancholia are intended to define an endogenomorphic subcategory of major depressive episode for which… 
1958
1958
The relationship between glucose tolerance, body weight, and clinical state in melancholia.
G.T., body weight and emotional state were observed before and after treatment in 20 subjects admitted to a mental hospital…