Does gender and coexisting anxiety influence the treatment outcome in depression?

European Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-21

  Kecskés, Istvanán ^a   Rihmer, Zoltán ^a   Szádóczky, Erika ^b   Füredi, János ^b   Kiss, Kitty ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY   (Hungary)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Gender differences

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPIELBERGER STAIT TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZUNG SELF RATING DEPRESSION SCALE;

EID: 0038278657     PISSN: 02136163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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