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Volume 334:1143 April 25, 1996 Number 17
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Diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Depression

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Edited by James H. Kocsis and Daniel N. Klein. 178 pp. New York, Guilford Press, 1995. $27.50. ISBN 0-89862-849-0.

Depression is a common, often debilitating illness that remains underdiagnosed and undertreated. Despite the belief that patients with acute major depression recover completely, 15 to 20 percent of patients have chronic forms of the disorder. In addition, 3 percent of the population has dysthymic disorder, a chronic mood disorder that does not fully meet the criteria for major depression. Diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Depression places these two disorders under the microscope. The current thresholds for diagnosis and intervention are challenged by a comprehensive and systematic review of empirical data on the subject.

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