First-episode major depression: Few sex differences in course

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 633-639

  Simpson, H Blair ^a   Nee, John C ^a   Endicott, Jean ^a,b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONICITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDE;

EID: 0030852140     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1997.01830190059006     Document Type: Article

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