Discordance between self-reported symptom severity and psychosocial functioning ratings in depressed outpatients: Implications for how remission from depression should be defined

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 185-191

  Zimmerman, Mark ^a,b   McGlinchey, Joseph B ^a   Posternak, Michael A ^a   Friedman, Michael ^a   Boerescu, Daniela ^a   Attiullah, Naureen ^a  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Bayside Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Psychosocial functioning; Remission; Self report

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REMISSION INDUCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33645038162     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2005.05.016     Document Type: Article

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