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Diagnosis

A Problem of Stereotyping

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Rethinking Depression
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Section One pointed out some of the many glaring inconsistencies in the way depression is currently defined and explained and it should be of little surprise that these theoretical flaws also influence the ways in which mood disorders are diagnosed.

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Downing-Orr, K. (1998). Diagnosis. In: Rethinking Depression. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0101-9_7

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