Statistics and the nature of depression

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 871-889

  Dunn, G ^a,b   Sham, P ^a,b   Hand, D ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HAMILTON SCALE; HERITABILITY; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; META ANALYSIS; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; META-ANALYSIS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0027377104     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291700026350     Document Type: Article

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