Recovery from depression: Risk or reality?

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 413-419

  Angst, J ^a   Kupfer, D J ^b   Rosenbaum, J F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PSYCHIATRY   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Disability; Recurence; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW;

EID: 0030012361     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1996.tb10671.x     Document Type: Review

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