Gender differences in clinical characteristics in a naturalistic sample of depressive outpatients: The Leiden Routine Outcome Monitoring Study

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 125, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 116-123

  Van Noorden, Martijn S ^a   Giltay, Erik J ^a   Den Hollander Gijsman, Margien E ^a   Der Wee, Nic J A Van ^a   Van Veen, Tineke ^a   Zitman, Frans G ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Gender; Health status; Major depressive disorder; Outpatients; Sex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BRIEF SYMPTOM INVENTORY; BULIMIA; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MONTGOMERY ASBERG DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OUTPATIENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; RECURRENCE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955556473     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2009.12.007     Document Type: Article

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