Crying as a gendered indicator of depression

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 196, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 237-243

  Romans, Sarah E ^a   Clarkson, Rose F ^a  

^a WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crying; Depression; Gender

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFLICT; CRYING; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; MENTAL DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CRYING; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 40949124396     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e318166350f     Document Type: Article

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