Distinguishing between depression and anxiety: A proposal for an extension of the tripartite model

European Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 197-205

  den Hollander Gijsman, M E ^a,b   de Beurs, E ^a,c   van der Wee, N J A ^a   van Rood, Y R ^a   Zitman, F G ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Rivierduinen   (Netherlands)

^c Netherlands Institute of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology NIFP   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Dimensions; Outpatients; Questionnaires; Tripartite model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY DISORDER; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BRIEF SYMPTOM INVENTORY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MODEL; DYSTHYMIA; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; PANIC; PHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; VALIDITY; ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CLASSIFICATION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEAR; MIDDLE AGED; PANIC DISORDER; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STANDARDS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEAR; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PANIC DISORDER; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77952425953     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2009.09.005     Document Type: Article

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