Open AccessUnderstanding masked depression: A Clinical scenario
Author(s) -
Prakash Shetty,
Akshata Mane,
Sourabh Fulmali,
Ganesh Uchit
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian journal of psychiatry/indian journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1998-3794
pISSN - 0019-5545
DOI - 10.4103/psychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_272_17
Subject(s) - depression (economics) , psychiatry , management of depression , medicine , depressive symptoms , medical illness , anxiety , family medicine , primary care , cognition , economics , macroeconomics
Masked depression is often misdiagnosed due to the predominance of somatic symptoms and is further complicated by lack of awareness among doctors.