Gender differences in psychiatric symptoms related to suicidal ideation in Japanese patients with depression

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 563-569

  Yoshimasu, Kouichi ^a   Sugahara, Hideyo ^b   Tokunaga, Shoji ^b   Akamine, Mariko ^b   Kondo, Tetsuya ^b   Fujisawa, Kanichiro ^b   Miyashita, Kazuhisa ^a   Kubo, Chiharu ^b  

^a WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Depression; Gender differences; Japanese population; Suicidal ideation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPERSONALIZATION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGE FACTORS; ANXIETY; DEPERSONALIZATION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP DISORDERS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDE;

EID: 33748429758     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2006.01559.x     Document Type: Article

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