Winter seasonal affective disorder: A follow-up study of the first 59 patients of the National Institute of Mental Health seasonal studies program

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 153, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1028-1036

  Schwartz, Paul J ^a   Brown, Charlotte ^a   Wehr, Thomas A ^a   Rosenthal, Norman E ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ATENOLOL; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; TRAZODONE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 0029790329     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.153.8.1028     Document Type: Article

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