Reliability of Depression and Associated Clinical Symptoms

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 1983, Pages 987-990

  Cicchetti, Domenic V ^a,c   Prusoff, Brigitte A ^b,c  

^a VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b Yale University School of Medicine   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; HUMAN; RELIABILITY; THERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLINICAL TRIALS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0020518294     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1983.01790080069009     Document Type: Article

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