Taxonomy, Assessment, and Diagnosis of Depression During Adolescence

Research on depressive phenomena during adolescence has focused on 3 separate constructs: depressed mood, depressive syndromes, and depressive disorders. Approaches to the assessment, taxonomy, and diagnosis of these 3 conceptualizations are reviewed. Each of the approaches is represented by differe...

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Published in:Psychological bulletin 1993-09, Vol.114 (2), p.323-344
Main Authors: Compas, Bruce E, Ey, Sydney, Grant, Kathryn E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescence
Adolescent
Adolescents
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Anxiety Disorders - classification
Anxiety Disorders - diagnosis
Anxiety Disorders - psychology
Biological and medical sciences
Child development
Depression
Depression (Emotion)
Depression - classification
Depression - diagnosis
Depression - psychology
Depressive Disorder - classification
Depressive Disorder - diagnosis
Depressive Disorder - psychology
Female
Human
Humans
Major Depression
Male
Measurement
Medical sciences
Mental depression
Mental health
Mood disorders
Personality Inventory
Psychodiagnosis
Psychology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Social research
Syndrome
Syndromes
Taxonomies
Taxonomy
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Summary:Research on depressive phenomena during adolescence has focused on 3 separate constructs: depressed mood, depressive syndromes, and depressive disorders. Approaches to the assessment, taxonomy, and diagnosis of these 3 conceptualizations are reviewed. Each of the approaches is represented by different assessment tools measuring related but distinct aspects of depressive phenomena. The constructs share a common set of symptoms reflecting negative affectivity but differ in their inclusion of symptoms of anxiety, somatic problems, and disrupted concentration and in the duration and severity of the symptoms they include. Depressed mood, syndromes, and disorders are integrated as 3 levels of depressive phenomena in a hierarchical and sequential model, and moderating factors are hypothesized to account for the relationships among the 3 levels. The need for a stronger developmental focus to understand depressive phenomena during adolescence is emphasized.
ISSN:0033-2909
1939-1455
DOI:10.1037/0033-2909.114.2.323