How many well vs. unwell days can you expect over 10 years, once you become depressed?

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 290-297

  Furukawa, T A ^a   Yoshimura, R ^b   Harai, H ^c   Imaizumi, T ^d   Takeuchi, H ^a   Kitamura, T ^e   Takahashi, K ^f  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c Nagoya Mental Clinic   (Japan)

^d Kachi Hospital   (Japan)

^e KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f AINO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Course; Depressive disorder; Prognosis; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION; SUICIDE;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMIPRAMINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SICK LEAVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 61849132763     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2008.01288.x     Document Type: Article

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