Diagnosing adjustment disorder with depressive features

Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1203-1208

  Casey, Patricia ^a  

^a MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Adjustment disorder; Clinical diagnosis; Distress; Screening; Stress; Structured interview

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR DEPRESSION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SCREENING; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SYMPTOM;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 49449100272     PISSN: 14737175     EISSN: 17448360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14737175.8.8.1203     Document Type: Review

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