Your Comments On...

Criteria for Depression Are Too Broad, Researchers Say

Up to 25 percent of people in whom psychiatrists would currently diagnose depression may only be reacting normally to stressful events such as a divorce or losing a job, according to a new analysis that reexamined how the standard diagnostic criteria are used.
 - 

By Shankar Vedantam

 
Comments
© 2007 The Washington Post Company