The importance of psychosocial factors, gender, and severity of depression in distinguishing between adjustment and depressive disorders

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 71-78

  Barnow, Sven ^a,b   Linden, Michael ^c   Lucht, Michael ^b   Freyberger, Harald J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Depressive disorder; Differential diagnosis and classification of mental disorders; Gender differences; Psychosocial stressors

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIST; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0036775867     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0327(01)00424-4     Document Type: Article

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