Gender differences in patients presenting with a single depressive episode according to ICD-10

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 197-201

  Vedel Kessing, Lars ^a,b  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Depressive disorder; Gender; ICD 10; Melancholia; Psychosis; Severity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; DENMARK; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANCHOLIA; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; RANK SUM TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; DENMARK; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 14944341706     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-005-0885-2     Document Type: Article

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