Double depression in adult psychiatric outpatients in Brazil: Distinct from major depression?

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 144, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 191-196

  Holm Denoma, Jill M ^a   Berlim, Marcelo T ^b   Fleck, Marcelo P A ^b   Joiner Jr , Thomas E ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Mood disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGED; ANHEDONIA; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE DEPRESSION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; OUTPATIENT; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; BRAZIL; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 33750522777     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2005.06.011     Document Type: Article

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