Diagnostic ambiguity of subthreshold depression: Minor depression vs. adjustment disorder with depressive mood [1]

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 144-

  Takei, Nori ^a,b   Sugihara, Genichi ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; BEREAVEMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FOLLOW UP; LETTER; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALADJUSTMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMANS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33745854290     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2006.00802.x     Document Type: Letter

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