Lack of age differences in the Beck Depression inventory-II scores of clinically depressed adolescent outpatients

Psychological Reports

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 489-497

  Krefetz, David G ^a   Steer, Robert A ^a   Kumar, Geetha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; AMBULATORY CARE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DYSTHYMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AMBULATORY CARE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DYSTHYMIC DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0037831157     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2003.92.2.489     Document Type: Article

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