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Table 1 Endorsement of specific symptoms of DSM criteria for major depression, melancholia, and atypical specifiers in patients with MDD, MDD with melancholia features, and MDD with atypical features, as determined by the AUDADIS-IV

From: Methods for quantifying the heterogeneity of psychopathology

 

AUDADIS-MDE

 

AUDADIS-Mel

 

AUDADIS-Aty

 

Symptom

%

(n)

%

(n)

%

(n)

Sad mood

94.97

5460

95.51

2277

94.12

769

Anhedonia

87.60

5036

100

2384

85.68

700

Appetite/weight decreasea

60.08

3454

86.45

2061

17.87

146

Appetite/weight increaseb

36.42

2094

29.07

693

100

817

Insomnia sleep onset

69.42

3991

84.02

2003

46.88

383

Early morning awakening

54.90

3156

82.38

1964

21.67

177

Hypersomniab

46.83

2692

40.86

974

100

817

Psychomotor retardationa

40.76

2343

61.37

1463

30.23

247

Psychomotor agitationa

37.50

2156

60.74

1448

20.20

165

Fatigue

84.71

4870

84.94

2025

92.66

757

Worthlessness

62.55

3596

74.20

1769

59.73

488

Guilta

58.13

3342

81.92

1953

47.49

388

Diminished concentration

84.71

4870

91.99

2193

80.78

660

Indecisiveness

75.77

4356

85.19

2031

71.60

585

Suicidal ideation/Thoughts of dying

59.51

3421

65.18

1554

56.55

462

Suicide attempt

11.05

635

14.60

348

8.94

73

  1. a also a symptom of the ‘melancholic features’ specifier,
  2. b also a symptom of the ‘atypical features’ specifier