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Preventing Suicide

Preventing Suicide Correspondence LE 000 EN Correspondence [2]. Masked depression is not a unique type of disease Masked Depression: an ambiguous or a syndrome, but a state or a stage of the depressive diagnosis syndrome. There is no list of symptoms which has enough specificity, reliability and validity that can be S. M. Razali, Department of Psychiatry, Universiti drawn on in order to describe this state. Whatever Sains Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia: argument against the term, the author feels that the The term masked depression is a long-recognised term masked depression deserves to be recognised entity where a patient is depressed but does not because it has a special meaning which is communi- complain of a disturbed mood. Kielholz [1] defined cable among physicians. However, it should be masked depression as a depression in which physical reserved for a small group of depressed patients. manifestation conceals the psychopathological symp- tomology. He stressed that the term denotes a phe- References nomenological but not nosological diagnosis. The 1. Kielholz P. Psychosomatic aspects of depressive illness – diagnosis is suspected from the vagueness of the masked depression and somatic equivalents. In: Kielholz P, symptom, the failure to conform to an organic disease, ed. Masked depression: http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry SAGE

Preventing Suicide

Dignam, Paul
Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 34 (1): 1 – Nov 17, 2016
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Correspondence LE 000 EN Correspondence [2]. Masked depression is not a unique type of disease Masked Depression: an ambiguous or a syndrome, but a state or a stage of the depressive diagnosis syndrome. There is no list of symptoms which has enough specificity, reliability and validity that can be S. M. Razali, Department of Psychiatry, Universiti drawn on in order to describe this state. Whatever Sains Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia: argument against the term, the author feels that the The term masked depression is a long-recognised term masked depression deserves to be recognised entity where a patient is depressed but does not because it has a special meaning which is communi- complain of a disturbed mood. Kielholz [1] defined cable among physicians. However, it should be masked depression as a depression in which physical reserved for a small group of depressed patients. manifestation conceals the psychopathological symp- tomology. He stressed that the term denotes a phe- References nomenological but not nosological diagnosis. The 1. Kielholz P. Psychosomatic aspects of depressive illness – diagnosis is suspected from the vagueness of the masked depression and somatic equivalents. In: Kielholz P, symptom, the failure to conform to an organic disease, ed. Masked depression:

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Published: Nov 17, 2016

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