The Vascular Depression Subtype: Evidence of Internal Validity

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 491-497

  Sneed, Joel R ^a,b   Rindskopf, David ^c   Steffens, David C ^d   Krishnan, K Ranga Rama ^d   Roose, Steven P ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular disease; deep white matter lesions; executive dysfunction; late onset depression; vascular depression

Indexed keywords

CITALOPRAM; PLACEBO;

AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL VALIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VASCULAR DEPRESSION; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; CORPUS STRIATUM; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; NERVE NET; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 49749150518     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2008.03.032     Document Type: Article

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