Biological research into depression: A clinician's commentary

World Psychiatry

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 163-164

  Angst, Jules ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PSYCHIATRY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

BIPOLAR DEPRESSION; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHRONICITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; HYPOMANIA; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO;

EID: 79952387994     PISSN: 17238617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2051-5545.2010.tb00300.x     Document Type: Note

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