Scars in depression: Is a conceptual shift necessary to solve the puzzle?

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 359-365

  Wichers, M ^a   Geschwind, N ^a   Van Os, J ^a,b   Peeters, F ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depressive disorder; Dimensional approach; Experimental designs; Treatment

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE THERAPY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RECURRENT DISEASE;

COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; HUMANS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RECURRENCE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 76649084549     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291709990420     Document Type: Review

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