R. Masse et M. Tousignant, MARKERS OF DEPRESSION ACCORDING TO THE DS M AND POPULAR DIAGNOSES ANALYSIS OF THEIR CONSISTENCY IN A SURVEY OF QUEBECERS, Canadian journal of psychiatry, 40(9), 1995, pp. 551-561
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.