Gender differences in major depressive disorder: Somatic symptoms and quality of life;Diferencias de sexo en el trastorno depresivo mayor: Síntomas somáticos y calidad de vida

Revista de Psiquiatria y Salud Mental

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 119-127

  Gonzalez, Dolores Saiz ^a   Rodríguez, Mercedes ^b   García, Carmen ^c   Prieto, Rita ^c   Saiz Ruiz, Jerónimo ^b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^c AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gender; Major depression; Somatizations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOMATIZATION; SPAIN; STUDENT T TEST; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 71049154187     PISSN: 18889891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1888-9891(09)72402-4     Document Type: Article

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