Reliability of a lifetime history of major depression: Implications for heritability and co-morbidity

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 857-870

  Foley, D L ^a   Neale, M C ^a   Kendler, K S ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ERROR; FEMALE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PANIC; RECALL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM; TWINS;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; PANIC DISORDER; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VIRGINIA;

EID: 0031873577     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291798006977     Document Type: Article

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