A new, female-specific irritability rating scale

Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 344-354

  Born, Leslie ^a   Koren, Gideon ^b,c,d   Lin, Elizabeth ^c   Steiner, Meir ^a,e,f  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Hospital for Sick Children

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^f MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Irritable mood; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ANGER; ANNOYANCE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLIMACTERIUM; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOOD DISORDER; NOISE; OVARY CYCLE; PREGNANCY; PREMENSTRUAL DYSPHORIC DISORDER; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; RANK SUM TEST; RATING SCALE; SELF CONCEPT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TENSION; TOUCH; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 47149097844     PISSN: 11804882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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