Gender differences in mood disorders. A literature review;Diferencias de género en los trastornos del estado de ánimo: Una revisión de la literatura

Actas Espanolas de Psiquiatria

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 269-274

  Usall I Rodie J ^a,b  

^a Hospital S Juan de Dios   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DOS DE MAIG   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Clinical presentation; Epidemiology; Gender; Treatment; Unipolar depression

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE OF ONSET; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOOD DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0035407226     PISSN: 11399287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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