MARKERS OF DEPRESSION ACCORDING TO THE DS M AND POPULAR DIAGNOSES ANALYSIS OF THEIR CONSISTENCY IN A SURVEY OF QUEBECERS

Objective: To query the universality of affective disorder markers, pa rticularly the level of consistency between DSM diagnostic criteria an d the criteria implicit in popular diagnoses. Method: Utilization of d ata from the Sante Quebec (1987) survey to compare depression markers reported by respondents who identified themselves or were identified b y a member of their household as ''suffering from depression'' and mar kers underlying DSM-III diagnostic criteria. Results: A popular diagno sis of depression is implicitly different from a psychiatric diagnosis considering an inter-diagnosis similarity of 9.5%. Conclusion: If is therefore important to become more knowledgeable about the markers und erlying diagnosis of affective disorders.