Definition of depression is questionable

doi:10.1136/bmj.310.6989.1267

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Jogin H Thakore

Lecturer in psychological medicine Department of Psychological Medicine, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London EC1A 7BE

EDITOR,—Mynors-Wallis and colleagues claim that problem solving treatment and amitriptyline are equally effective in major depressive disorder.1 Even though they required their patients to meet the research diagnostic criteria for depression, just how severely depressed they were comes into question. To be eligible to take part in the study patients had to score just 13 on the Hamilton …