Gender differences in severity, symptomatology and distribution of melancholia in major depression

Psychopathology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 204-212

  Hildebrandt, Malene Grubbe ^a,b   Stage, Kurt Bjerregaard ^a   Kragh Soerensen, Per ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Clinical presentation; Depression; Gender; Melancholia; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MELANCHOLIA; MENTAL PATIENT; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OUTPATIENT; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0141644361     PISSN: 02544962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000072791     Document Type: Article

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