Diagnosing and managing seasonal affective disorder

Nurse Practitioner

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 56-73

  Johnson, Rhonda M ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PHOTOTHERAPY; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SELF EVALUATION; UNITED STATES;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); FEMALE; HUMANS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PHOTOTHERAPY; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034244663     PISSN: 03611817     EISSN: 15388662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20006205-200025080-00003     Document Type: Article

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