The Clinical Course of Unipolar Major Depressive Disorders

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 989-991

  Judd, Lewis L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; NOTE; ONSET AGE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0031280284     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1997.01830230015002     Document Type: Letter

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