Characteristics of depressed preschoolers with and without anhedonia: Evidence for a melancholic depressive subtype in young children

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 161, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1998-2004

  Luby, Joan L ^a   Mrakotsky, Christine ^a   Heffelfinger, Amy ^a   Brown, Kathy ^a   Spitznagel, Edward ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANHEDONIA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANCHOLIA; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGE FACTORS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INCOME; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SALIVA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 7444248914     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.161.11.1998     Document Type: Article

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