Atypical features in depression: Association with obesity and bipolar disorder

• Published in: Journal of affective disorders Vol. 185; pp. 76 - 80
• Main Authors: Łojko, Dorota, Buzuk, Grzegorz, Owecki, Maciej, Ruchała, Marek, Rybakowski, Janusz K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.10.2015
• Subjects: Atypical depression; Bipolar depression; Bipolar Disorder - complications; Bipolar Disorder - psychology; Body Mass Index; Body Weight; Depressive Disorder - complications; Depressive Disorder - psychology; Disorders of Excessive Somnolence - complications; Disorders of Excessive Somnolence - psychology; Dysthymia; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Obesity; Obesity - complications; Obesity - psychology; Psychiatry; Sensitivity and Specificity; Sex Distribution; Unipolar depression; Weight Gain; Atypical depression; Unipolar depression; Obesity; Dysthymia; Bipolar depression

Depression with atypical features amounts to a significant proportion of depressed patients. Studies have shown its association with bipolarity and, recently, with obesity. In this study, we investigated atypical features of depression in relation to overweight/obesity in three diagnostic categories...