depression (relationship with chronic fatigue syndrome)
Last reviewed 11/2021
- patients with primary depression may have symptoms that resemble chronic
fatigue syndrome (CFS); similarly patients with CFS may exhibit symptoms generally
associated with depression
- however studies on the clinical features and laboratory features of depression and CFS suggest that these diseases are distinct (1); CFS can generally be distinguished from somatisation disorder (2)
Reference:
- (1) Prescribers' Journal (2000), 40 (2), 99-106.
- (2) Hickie I et al (1995). Can the chronic fatigue syndrome be defined by distinct clinical features? Psychol Med, 25, 925-35.