Minor depression: risk profiles, functional disability, health care use and risk of developing major depression
Journal of Affective DisordersPublished 2 December 2002
Pim Cuijpers
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Depressive disorders seem to exist on a continuum, rather than in separate categories, and subjects with minor depression make less use of professional services than subjects with major depression, but because minor depression is more prevalent thanMajor depression, the absolute number of subjects withMinor depression receiving professional help is considerable.
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depressive disorders seem to exist on a continuum, rather than in separate categories. Subjects with minor depression make less use of professional services than subjects with major depression, but because minor depression is more prevalent than major depression, the absolute number of subjects with minor depression receiving professional help is considerable.
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