A comparison of descriptive characteristics of male outpatients and inpatients with affective disorders

International Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 245-252

  Mendlowicz, Mauro V ^a   Rapaport, Mark H ^b,c   Thompson, Peter ^d   Kelsoe, John R ^b,c   Golshan, Shahrokh ^b   Judd, Lewis L ^b   Christian Gillin, J ^b,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Demographics; Depression; Mood disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0031768481     PISSN: 02681315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004850-199811000-00002     Document Type: Article

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