Seasonal affective disorder in two German-speaking university centers: Clinical and demographic characteristics;Saisonal abhängige depression in zwei Deutschsprachigen universitätszentren: Bonn, Wien: Klinische und demographische charakteristika

Nervenarzt

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 637-643

  Winkler, D ^a   Praschak Rieder, N ^a   Willeit, M ^a   Lucht, M J ^b   Hilger, E ^a   Konstantinidis, A ^a   Stastny, J ^a   Thierry, N ^a   Pjrek, E ^a   Neumeister, A ^c   Moller H J ^d   Kasper, S ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fall winter depression; Seasonal affective disorder; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANCHOLIA; MOOD DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; AUSTRIA; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOTHERAPY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER;

EID: 0036947532     PISSN: 00282804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00115-002-1320-5     Document Type: Article

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