Cover Image

A distress-continuum, disorder-threshold model of depression: a mixed-methods, latent class analysis study of slum-dwelling young men in Bangladesh

Binary categorical approaches to diagnosing depression have been widely criticized due to clinical limitations and potential negative consequences. In place of such categorical models of depression, a ‘staged model’ has recently been proposed to classify populations into four tiers according to seve...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Wahid, Syed Shabab (Author) , Sandberg, John (Author) , Sarker, Malabika (Author) , Arafat, A. S. M. Easir (Author) , Apu, Arifur Rahman (Author) , Rabbani, Atonu (Author) , Colón-Ramos, Uriyoán (Author) , Kohrt, Brandon A. (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 04 June 2021
In: BMC psychiatry
Year: 2021, Volume: 21, Pages: 1-12
ISSN:1471-244X
DOI:10.1186/s12888-021-03259-2
Online Access:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-021-03259-2
Get full text
Author Notes:Syed Shabab Wahid, John Sandberg, Malabika Sarker, A.S.M. Easir Arafat, Arifur Rahman Apu, Atonu Rabbani, Uriyoán Colón-Ramos and Brandon A. Kohrt
Description
Summary:Binary categorical approaches to diagnosing depression have been widely criticized due to clinical limitations and potential negative consequences. In place of such categorical models of depression, a ‘staged model’ has recently been proposed to classify populations into four tiers according to severity of symptoms: ‘Wellness;’ ‘Distress;’ ‘Disorder;’ and ‘Refractory.’ However, empirical approaches to deriving this model are limited, especially with populations in low- and middle-income countries.
Item Description:Gesehen am 11.08.2021
Physical Description:Online Resource
ISSN:1471-244X
DOI:10.1186/s12888-021-03259-2

Similar Items