Various forms of depression

Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 151-161

  Benazzi, Franco ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Collaborating Center ^*  (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY   (Italy)

^e NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agitated depression; Atypical depression; Bipolar II depression; Mixed depression

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGITATED DEPRESSION; BIPOLAR DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYSTHYMIA; MELANCHOLIA; MENTAL DISEASE; MIXED ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION; REVIEW;

AFFECT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMANS; MOOD DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 33746346713     PISSN: 12948322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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