Do age of onset and course of illness define biologically distinct groups within atypical depression?

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 253-262

  Stewart, Jonathan W ^a,b   Bruder, Gerard E ^a   McGrath, Patrick J ^a   Quitkin, Frederic M ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL DEPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE;

EID: 0038286118     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-843X.112.2.253     Document Type: Article

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