Course of subthreshold depression into a depressive disorder and its risk factors

Subthreshold depression is generally considered present when individuals report clinically relevant depressive symptoms (i.e. depressed mood or loss of interest) but diagnostic criteria for a fully developed depressive disorder are not met (Rodr íguez et al., 2012). Population-based studies on subthreshold depression have come up with a wide range of prevalence rates (1.4-17.2%). This is probably due to varying definitions of subthreshold depression (i.e. requiring a varying number of symptoms and/or a different minimum duration of the sym ptoms), recency of the symptomatology (i.e.

Source: Journal of Affective Disorders - August 8, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: Marlous Tuithof, Margreet ten Have, Saskia van Dorsselaer, Marloes Kleinjan, Aartjan Beekman, Ron de Graaf Tags: Research paper Source Type: research