The relationship between major and subthreshold variants of unipolar depression

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 45, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 41-51

  Maier, Wolfgang ^a   Gänsicke, Michael ^a   Weiffenbach, Olaf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL DISABILITY;

COST OF ILLNESS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DRUG RESISTANCE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TERMINOLOGY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0342276096     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0327(97)00058-X     Document Type: Article

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