The nature of clinical depression: Symptoms, syndromes, and behavior analysis

Behavior Analyst

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-21

  Kanter, Jonathan W ^a   Busch, Andrew M ^a   Weeks, Cristal E ^a   Landes, Sara J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical behavior analysis; Clinical depression

Indexed keywords

EID: 45149117437     PISSN: 07386729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03392158     Document Type: Review

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