Phenomenology and comorbidity of dysthymic disorder in 100 consecutively referred children and adolescents: Beyond DSM-IV

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 99-105

  Masi, Gabriele ^a   Millepiedi, Stefania ^a   Mucci, Maria ^a   Pascale, Rosa Rita ^a   Perugi, Giulio ^b   Akiskal, Hagop S ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Depression; DSM IV; Dysthymic disorder

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DYSTHYMIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHENOMENOLOGY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF ESTEEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0037356284     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674370304800206     Document Type: Article

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