Masked depression (MD) is a now mainly historical term, that was essentially a form of atypical depression in which somatic symptoms or behavioural disturbances dominate the clinical picture and disguise the underlying affective disorder. The term is no longer used in psychiatry in the United States or most other Western countries, where a more standardized somatic symptom disorder is preferred.
Masked depression (MD) is a now mainly historical term, that was essentially a form of atypical depression in which somatic symptoms or behavioural disturbances dominate the clinical picture and disguise the underlying affective disorder. The term is no longer used in psychiatry in the United States or most other Western countries, where a more standardized somatic symptom disorder is preferred.
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