Ask depressed patients about brain fog to ensure melancholia is not mist.

Gordon B Parker

Published in: Australasian psychiatry : bulletin of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (2022)

In the clinical assessment and differential diagnosis of those with a depressive disorder, inquiring into 'brain fog' can have distinct diagnostic benefit in differentiating melancholic and non-melancholic depression.

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