Major depression is not a diagnosis, it is a departure point to differential diagnosis - Clinical and hormonal considerations: (A commentary and elaboration on Antonejevic's paper)

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 16-22

  Halbreich, Uriel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxieties; Depressions; Diagnosis; Hormones

Indexed keywords

HORMONE;

ANXIETY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS THYROID SYSTEM; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; INTOXICATION; MAJOR DEPRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 27944475225     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2005.08.004     Document Type: Note

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