Intractable Atopic Eczema Suggests Major Affective Disorder: Poor Parenting is Secondary-Reply
Abstract
Abstract In Reply.— Whereas we have no argument with Dr Allen as to the appropriate drug therapy for patients suffering from major affective disorders, it is clear that he is basing his thesis on a study of the literature, rather than the examination of particular patients, in his evaluation of our reported cases. Neither the mother in our target case, nor those of the other children cited, suffered from a major depressive disorder, according to the criteria of the Diagnostic and...