Lam R W
Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver.
Can J Psychiatry. 1991 Nov;36(9):680-2. doi: 10.1177/070674379103600911.
Although operational criteria have been recently proposed to better define chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), it remains a controversial diagnosis. There are many overlapping symptoms between CFS and major depression. The author presents two patients with seasonal affective disorder, who responded to phototherapy and had previously been diagnosed as CFS. Because of the consequences of treatment, seasonal and non seasonal depression need to be ruled out in patients with chronic fatigue symptoms.
尽管最近有人提出了操作标准以更好地定义慢性疲劳综合征（CFS），但它仍然是一个有争议的诊断。CFS和重度抑郁症之间存在许多重叠症状。作者介绍了两名季节性情感障碍患者，他们对光疗有反应，此前曾被诊断为CFS。由于治疗的后果，对于有慢性疲劳症状的患者，需要排除季节性和非季节性抑郁症。
