Dysthymia and Major Depression: Distinct Conditions or Different Stages Along a One-Dimensional Continuum?

Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 335-346

  Pössel, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSTHYMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL PATIENT; MOOD DISORDER; REVIEW;

EID: 0347760235     PISSN: 08898391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/jcop.17.4.335.52542     Document Type: Review

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