Atypical features were incorporated into the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV, 1994) as an illness specifier for major depression and ...

DSM IV defines its atypical features depression modifier mainly by current symptoms. Relative to depressed patients with melancholic features, those with atypical features often present with earlier ...

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth version (DSM-IV) [31] classifies depressive disorders (unipolar depression) as MDD, dysthymia and unspecified depressive disorder.

Individualized depression treatment can lead to quicker recovery. Instead of attempting to treat the broad categories, primary-care clinicians should focus on symptoms or features that identify a ...