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Depression

Depression is a psychiatric disorder characterized by persistent sadness, anhedonia, and diminished interest or pleasure in activities, distinguished from normative emotional fluctuations by its clinical severity, functional impairment, and neurobiological dysregulation across developmental and physiological contexts.

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Clinical Depression

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The CES-D Scale

Lenore Sawyer Radloff · Applied Psychological Measurement · 1977 · 53.3K citations · Full text

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A RATING SCALE FOR DEPRESSION

M. Hamilton · Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry · 1960 · 32.6K citations · Full text

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The structure of negative emotional states: Comparison of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS) with the Beck Depression and Anxiety Inventories

Peter F. Lovibond, S. H. Lovibond · Behaviour Research and Therapy · 1995 · 14.4K citations

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A New Depression Scale Designed to be Sensitive to Change

Stuart Montgomery, Marie Åsberg · The British Journal of Psychiatry · 1979 · 13.9K citations

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Detection of Postnatal Depression

J. L. Cox, Joan Holden, R. Sagovsky · The British Journal of Psychiatry · 1987 · 13.9K citations

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Authors

118.8K

  1. IH
    Ian H. Gotlib

    Stanford University, United States

    205 publications · 34K citations

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  2. BW
    Brenda W.J.H. Penninx

    Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands

    208 publications · 23.5K citations

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  3. PM
    Peter M. Lewinsohn

    Oregon Research Institute, United States

    135 publications · 27.4K citations

    87

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  4. AJ
    A. John Rush

    The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, United States

    206 publications · 34.6K citations

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  5. AT
    Aartjan T.F. Beekman

    Amsterdam UMC Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands

    135 publications · 19.9K citations

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Institutions

12.6K

  1. University of Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh, United States

    156 h-index

    3.2K publications

    341.9K citations

  2. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    147 h-index

    2.5K publications

    311.6K citations

  3. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    144 h-index

    1.4K publications

    248.6K citations

  4. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    128 h-index

    1.4K publications

    189.8K citations

  5. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    127 h-index

    1.2K publications

    137.2K citations

  6. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    126 h-index

    1.9K publications

    207.1K citations

  7. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    123 h-index

    1.5K publications

    175.7K citations

  8. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    121 h-index

    1.1K publications

    106.7K citations

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  1. Biological Psychiatry

    941 publications · 140.5K citations

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  2. Journal of Affective Disorders

    3.8K publications · 260.9K citations

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  3. Journal of Abnormal Psychology

    722 publications · 125.5K citations

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  4. American Journal of Psychiatry

    793 publications · 111.7K citations

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  5. Archives of General Psychiatry

    359 publications · 96.9K citations

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