Psychosocial processes underlying the maintenance and persistence of depression: Implications for understanding chronic depression

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 553-570

  Lara, Maria Elena ^a   Klein, Daniel N ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; PSYCHOPATHY; REVIEW; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0033015929     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-7358(98)00066-X     Document Type: Article

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