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Crying threshold and intensity in major depressive disorder
2002
Journal of Abnormal Psychology
Clinical lore suggests that depression is associated with frequent and intense crying. To test these postulations empirically, a standardized cry-evoking stimulus was presented to depressed and nondepressed participants, and their likelihood of crying and the magnitude of crying-related changes in their emotion experience, behavior, and autonomic physiology were compared. Unexpectedly, crying was no more likely in depressed than in nondepressed participants. Within the nondepressed group,
doi:10.1037/0021-843x.111.2.302
pmid:12003451
fatcat:uqqphqm65bdxxdtgklxzoehjf4