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Table 5 Presentation of examples after the modification of Criterion A

From: Symmetrical treatment of “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition”, for major depressive disorders

Symptom number

1

2

3

4

5(fear)

6

7

8

9

 

Episode

row 1

1

1

1

0

1

1

1

0

1

(mod 2)

1

row 2

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

1

(mod 2)

0

row 3

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

(mod 2)

0

row 4

1

1

0

1

1

1

0

1

1

(mod 2)

1

1row 5

0

1

1

1

0

0

0

0

1

(mod 2)

0

row 6 (= row 1)

1

1

1

0

1

1

1

0

1

(mod 2)

1

row 7

1

1

0

1

1

1

0

1

1

(mod 2)

1

row 8 (= row 2)

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

1

(mod 2)

0

0row 9 (= row 5)

0

1

1

1

1

0

0

0

1

(mod 2)

1

row 10 (= row 4)

1

1

0

1

1

1

0

1

1

(mod 2)

1

Total sum

5

9

4

6

7

7

2

3

9

 

6

Average

0.5

0.9

0.4

0.6

0.7

0.7

0.2

0.3

0.9

 

0.6

  1. A new item ‘fear’ was incorporated between symptoms 4 and 5, and the ninth symptom ‘diminished ability’ (eighth symptom of the original Criterion A) was deleted. The index numbers 4–7 were then increased by 1 to the numbers 5–8, and the index numbers 10, 11,… were reduced by 1 to the numbers 9, 10,…