All roads lead to depression: Clinically homogeneous, etiologically heterogeneous

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 45, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 97-108

  Winokur, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDROME; TWINS;

ALCOHOLISM; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TERMINOLOGY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030837518     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0327(97)00063-3     Document Type: Article

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