Irritability is associated with anxiety and greater severity, but not bipolar spectrum features, in major depressive disorder

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 282-289

  Perlis, R H ^a   Fava, M ^a   Trivedi, M H ^b   Alpert, J ^a   Luther, J F ^c   Wisniewski, S R ^c   John Rush, A ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anger; Bipolar disorder; Diagnosis; Irritability; Major depressive disorder; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; INVENTORY OF DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMATOLOGY; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRRITABLE MOOD; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 61849161071     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2008.01298.x     Document Type: Article

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