Is recurrent brief depression an expression of mood spectrum disorders in young people? Results of a large community sample

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 253, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 149-153

  Carta, Mauro Giovanni ^a   Altamura, Alberto Carlo ^c   Hardoy, Maria Carolina ^a   Pinna, Federica ^a   Medda, Stefania ^a   Dell'Osso, Liliana ^c   Carpiniello, Bernardo ^a   Angst, Jules ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PSYCHIATRY   (Switzerland)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Community survey; Mood disorders; Recurrent brief depression; Substance abuse; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; URBAN AREA; ADOLESCENT; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RANDOMIZATION; REGISTER; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RECURRENCE; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0041828996     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00406-003-0418-5     Document Type: Article

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