Year: 2014 Source: Canadian Journal of Psychiatry.(2013).58(4):190-194. SIEC No: 20140449

Patients in the contemporary period (1995-2010, compared with 1875-1924) at first admission for severe depressive disorders are more likely at an older age, more likely to go on to die by suicide, and will have much more frequent admissions. The data from this study support classical perceptions of melancholia. The poor outcomes in contemporary cases of severe depressive disorders support arguments for distinguishing between melancholia and other depressive disorders.

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