Is DSM-IV bereavement exclusion for major depression relevant to treatment response? A case-control, prospective study

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 898-902

  Corruble, Emmanuelle ^a   Falissard, Bruno ^a   Gorwood, Philip ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BEREAVEMENT; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRIEF; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79953231269     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.09m05681blu     Document Type: Article

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