Melancholia: Restoration in psychiatric classification recommended

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 89-92

  Fink, Max ^a   Bolwig, Tom G ^b   Parker, Gordon ^c   Shorter, Edward ^d  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^c PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d History of Medicine Program   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; HYPERCORTISOLISM; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MELANCHOLIA; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SYMPTOM DISTRESS SCALE;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CUSHING SYNDROME; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33846294405     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2006.00943.x     Document Type: Editorial

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