Life events and clinical subtypes of major depression: A cross-sectional study

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 143, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 235-244

  Fountoulakis, Konstantinos N ^a   Iacovides, Apostolos ^a   Kaprinis, Stergios ^a   Kaprinis, George ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Atypical depression; Life change units; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL DEPRESSION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MELANCHOLIA; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 33748087846     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2005.09.018     Document Type: Article

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