Empirical examination of current depression categories in a population- based study: Symptoms, course, and risk factors

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 573-580

  Chen, Li Shiun ^a   Eaton, William W ^b   Gallo, Joseph J ^b   Nestadt, Gerald ^b   Crum, Rosa M ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; DYSTHYMIA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BALTIMORE; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSTHYMIC DISORDER; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0034126030     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.157.4.573     Document Type: Article

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