Major depressive disorder as a nonlinear dynamic system: bimodality in the frequency distribution of depressive symptoms over time
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| Publication date | 2015 |
| Journal | BMC Psychiatry |
| Article number | 222 |
| Volume | Issue number | 15 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
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| Abstract | A defining characteristic of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is its episodic course, which might indicate that MDD is a nonlinear dynamic phenomenon with two discrete states. We investigated this hypothesis using the symptom time series of individual patients. |
| Document type | Article |
| Language | English |
| Published at | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-015-0596-5 |
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