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

	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

^a also a symptom of the ‘melancholic features’ specifier,

^b also a symptom of the ‘atypical features’ specifier