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Melancholic Depression

Melancholic Depression is a specifier of major depressive disorder characterized by a distinct pattern of severe, pervasive anhedonia, nonreactivity to pleasurable stimuli, pronounced psychomotor disturbances, and a qualitatively unique, profound mood quality often worse in the morning.

705

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2.2K

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788

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2017–2026

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A Specific Laboratory Test for the Diagnosis of Melancholia

Bernard J. Carroll · Archives of General Psychiatry · 1981 · 2.3K citations

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The Dexamethasone Suppression Test for Melancholia

Bernard J. Carroll · The British Journal of Psychiatry · 1982 · 773 citations

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Black Sun: Depression and Melancholia

Dennis Foster, Nina Schwartz, Donald Schwartz · American Journal of Psychotherapy · 1991 · 762 citations

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Evidence for a differential role of HPA-axis function, inflammation and metabolic syndrome in melancholic versus atypical depression

Femke Lamers, Nicole Vogelzangs, Kathleen R. Merikangas et al. · Molecular Psychiatry · 2012 · 694 citations · Full text

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Pronounced and sustained central hypernoradrenergic function in major depression with melancholic features: Relation to hypercortisolism and corticotropin-releasing hormone

Ma‐Li Wong, Mitchel A. Kling, Peter J. Munson et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2000 · 579 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. GP
    Gordon Parker

    UNSW Sydney, Australia

    73 publications · 4.2K citations

    36

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  2. PB
    Philip B. Mitchell

    UNSW Sydney, Australia

    37 publications · 2.7K citations

    24

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  3. KW
    Kay Wilhelm

    UNSW Sydney, Australia

    36 publications · 2.6K citations

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  4. DH
    Dušan Hadži-Pavlović

    UNSW Sydney, Australia

    29 publications · 1.9K citations

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  5. IB
    Ian B. Hickie

    The University of Sydney, Australia

    25 publications · 1.9K citations

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Institutions

788

  1. UNSW Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    36 h-index

    258 publications

    14.8K citations

  2. Prince of Wales Hospital

    Sydney, Australia

    26 h-index

    164 publications

    10.6K citations

  3. Black Dog Institute

    Sydney, Australia

    22 h-index

    92 publications

    4.3K citations

  4. The University of Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    19 h-index

    64 publications

    4.5K citations

  5. National Institute of Mental Health

    Bethesda, United States

    15 h-index

    46 publications

    3.6K citations

  6. University of Münster

    Münster, Germany

    15 h-index

    59 publications

    6.1K citations

  7. Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, United States

    12 h-index

    40 publications

    1.8K citations

  8. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    11 h-index

    23 publications

    1.2K citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Affective Disorders

    79 publications · 4.5K citations

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  2. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

    47 publications · 3K citations

    31

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  3. The British Journal of Psychiatry

    BJP · 30 publications · 3.6K citations

    26

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  4. Psychological Medicine

    27 publications · 2.7K citations

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  5. PubMed

    Repository · 39 publications · 2K citations

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