Differential relationship between depression severity and patients' perceived family functioning in women versus in men

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 199, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 449-453

  Febres, Jeniimarie ^a   Rossi, Rita ^a   Gaudiano, Brandon A ^a   Miller, Ivan W ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Family functioning; major depressive disorder; psychiatric hospitalization; sex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; PERCEPTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 79959875242     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: 1539736X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e318221412a     Document Type: Article

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