“I was very sad, but not depressed”: phenomenological differences between adjustment disorder and a major depressive episode

IntroductionAdjustment disorder (AD) is a diagnosis that must be differentiated from major depressive episode (MDE) because of the therapeutic implications. The aim of this study is to understand the experience of patients who in their lifetime have been diagnosed with AD as well as MDE to establish...

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Main Authors: Juan Pablo Zapata-Ospina, Mercedes Jiménez-Benítez, Marco Fierro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1291659/full