Minor versus major depression: A comparative clinical study

Primary Care Companion to the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Fils, Jean M ^a   Penick, Elizabeth C ^b   Nickel, Elizabeth J ^b   Othmer, Ekkehard ^b   DeSouza, Cherilyn ^c   Gabrielli, William F ^b   Hunter, Edward E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL STUDY; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MINOR DEPRESSION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 78650482910     PISSN: 15235998     EISSN: 1555211X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/PCC.08m00752blu     Document Type: Article

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