Pariser S F, Young E A, Jones B A, Pinta E R, Paul L G
Am Fam Physician. 1978 Oct;18(4):127-32.
Depression is a medical illness related to an interplay of genetic, biochemical and environmental/experiential factors. Careful diagnosis, using contemporary psychiatric criteria, simplifies treatment by the family physician. Awareness of these criteria may lead to improved selection of candidates for drug treatment and early intervention in recurrent illness. The new nosology in psychiatry avoids much confusion and should take some of the guesswork out of psychiatric treatment in the family physician's office.
抑郁症是一种与遗传、生化及环境/经历因素相互作用相关的医学疾病。运用当代精神病学标准进行仔细诊断，可简化家庭医生的治疗工作。了解这些标准可能有助于更好地筛选药物治疗的候选者，并对复发性疾病进行早期干预。精神病学的新分类法避免了许多混淆，应该能减少家庭医生办公室精神病治疗中的一些猜测成分。
