Dysthymia as a temperamental variant of affective disorder

European Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 3, 1996, Pages 117s-122s

  Akiskal, H S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

constitutional depression; depressive temperament; dysthymia

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; DEPRESSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSTHYMIA; HUMAN; LETHARGY; MALAISE; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER;

EID: 0029887470     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0924-9338(96)85185-6     Document Type: Article

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