Delineating the longitudinal structure of depressive illness: Beyond clinical subtypes and duration thresholds

Pharmacopsychiatry

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 3-7

  Judd, Lewis L ^a,c   Akiskal, H S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0033960510     PISSN: 01763679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2000-7967     Document Type: Review

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