The measurement of fatigue in depression

Psychopathology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 133-134

  Ferentinos, Panayotis P ^a   Kontaxakis, Vassilis P ^a   Havaki Kontaxaki, Beata J ^a   Paplos, Konstantinos G ^a   Soldatos, Constantin R ^a  

^a NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMORBIDITY; DYSTHYMIA; EMBASE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FATIGUE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MEASUREMENT; MEDLINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCINFO; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT;

COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DYSTHYMIC DISORDER; FATIGUE; HUMANS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY;

EID: 33846878029     PISSN: 02544962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000098494     Document Type: Letter

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