Multimorbidity of psychiatric disorders as an indicator of clinical severity

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 252, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 147-154

  Angst, Jules ^a   Sellaro, Robert ^a   Merikangas, Kathleen Ries ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PSYCHIATRY   (Switzerland)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Multimorbidity; Severity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ABUSE; DYSTHYMIA; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPOMANIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; PANIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SYNDROME;

EID: 0036919934     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00406-002-0357-6     Document Type: Article

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