Agitated "unipolar" major depression: Prevalence, phenomenology, and outcome

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 712-719

  Maj, Mario ^a   Pirozzi, Raffaele ^a   Magliano, Lorenza ^a   Fiorillo, Andrea ^a   Bartoli, Luca ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; MOOD STABILIZER; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGITATED DEPRESSION; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOMANIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MANIA; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHENOMENOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

EID: 33745407633     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.v67n0504     Document Type: Article

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