Severity of depressive episodes during the course of depressive disorder

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 192, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 290-293

  Kessing, Lars Vedel ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 43749125062     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.107.038935     Document Type: Article

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