Mixed anxiety-depressive disorder and major depressive disorder: Comparison of the severity of illness and biological variables

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 59-66

  Kara, Suzan ^a   Yazici, Kâzim M ^a   Güleç, Cengiz ^a   Ünsal, Ibrahim ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dexamethasone suppression test; Major depressive disorder; Mixed anxiety depressive disorder; Thyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DEXAMETHASONE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANXIETY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; THYROID HORMONES; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 0034709156     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1781(00)00131-1     Document Type: Article

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