Chronic depression subtypes: A 257 case study

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 81-84

  Benazzi, Franco ^a,b  

^a MORGAGNI PIERANTONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bipolar II; Categorical classification; Chronic major depression; Dysthymia; Outpatients; Unipolar

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DEPRESSION; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; RECURRENT DISEASE;

AMBULATORY CARE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DYSTHYMIC DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0032693468     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6394(1999)10:2<81::AID-DA8>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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