Adjustment disorder with depressed mood

Psychopathology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 139-147

  Baumeister, Harald ^a   Maercker, Andreas ^b   Casey, Patricia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Adjustment disorder; Classification; Critique; Depression; DSM V

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MOOD CHANGE; REVIEW; SAMPLING;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FORECASTING; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES;

EID: 61749089299     PISSN: 02544962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000207455     Document Type: Review

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