Approaches to the diagnosis of major depression in cancer patients

Approach	Example	Description
Inclusive	RDC (Research Diagnostic Criteria)	Includes somatic symptoms in diagnostic criteria
Exclusive	HADS (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale)	Completely excludes somatic symptoms
Substitutive	Endicott	Substitutes cognitive for somatic symptomatology
Etiologic	-	Determines whether particular symptom is due to medical causes before including or excluding in diagnostic criteria for depression
Increased threshold	-	The increased threshold approach requires that 7, rather than 5, out of 9 DSM-IV criterion symptoms be present in order to qualify for a diagnosis of major depression

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