Prevalence and association of somatic symptoms in patients with Major Depressive Disorder

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 270-276

  Vaccarino, Anthony L ^a   Sills, Terrence L ^a,b   Evans, Kenneth R ^a,b   Kalali, Amir H ^a,c,d  

^a MaRS Center   (Canada)

^b Ontario Cancer Biomarker Network   (Canada)

^c IQVIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Fatigue; Headache; Item response theory; Pain; Somatic symptoms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FATIGUE; HAMILTON SCALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; PAIN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOFORM DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 50149091955     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2008.01.009     Document Type: Article

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