Do psychotic, minor and intermittent depressive disorders exist on a continuum?

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 45, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 75-83

  Coryell, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; FAMILY STUDY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SYNDROME DELINEATION;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE DISORDERS, PSYCHOTIC; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FAMILY HEALTH; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030737792     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0327(97)00061-X     Document Type: Article

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