Depressive comorbidity in children and adolescents: Empirical, theoretical, and methodological issues

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 150, Issue 12, 1993, Pages 1779-1791

  Angola, Adrian ^a   Costello, Elizabeth J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYSTHYMIA; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; MINIMAL BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0027449242     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.150.12.1779     Document Type: Article

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