Atypical depressive syndromes in varying definitions

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 256, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 44-54

  Angst, Jules ^a   Gamma, Alex ^a   Benazzi, Franco ^b,c   Silverstein, Brett ^d   Ajdacic Gross, Vladeta ^a   Eich, Dominique ^a   Rössler, Wulf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PSYCHIATRY   (Switzerland)

^b E Hecker Outpatient Psychiat Ctr   (Italy)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY   (Italy)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Atypical depression; Bipolar II disorder; Prevalence; Sex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL DEPRESSION; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY CARE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERNUTRITION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SWITZERLAND;

ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 33344470592     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00406-005-0600-z     Document Type: Article

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