Examining age effects on prototypic melancholic symptoms as a strategy for refining definition of melancholia

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 109, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 193-197

  Hyett, Matthew P ^a,b   Parker, Gordon B ^a,b   Proudfoot, Judith ^a,b   Fletcher, Kathryn ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b BLACK DOG INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age effects; Depression; Melancholia; Non melancholic; Phenomenology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANHEDONIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MELANCHOLIA; MOOD CHANGE; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGE FACTORS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 43949116625     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2007.11.005     Document Type: Article

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