Refining the diagnostic criteria for major depression on the basis of empirical evidence

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 317-

  Maj, Mario ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA; CLINICAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; INSOMNIA; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MELANCHOLIA; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT;

DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EXPERT TESTIMONY; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION;

EID: 79952236804     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2011.01680.x     Document Type: Note

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