The importance of the main effect even within an interaction model: Elimination vs. expansion of the bereavement exclusion in the diagnostic criteria for depression

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 166, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 491-492

  Wakefield, Jerome C ^a   Schmitz, Mark F ^a   First, Michael B ^a   Horwitz, Allan V ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEREAVEMENT; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESS; CLASSIFICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; LIFE EVENT; NOTE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

BEREAVEMENT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS;

EID: 64949128838     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: 15357228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2009.08121813     Document Type: Letter

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