A comorbid anxiety disorder does not result in an excess risk of death among patients with a depressive disorder

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 135, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 284-291

  Laan, Wijnand ^a   Termorshuizen, Fabian ^a   Smeets, Hugo M ^a   Boks, Marco P M ^a,b   De Wit, Niek J ^a   Geerlings, Mirjam I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Causes of death; Comorbidity; Depression; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SUICIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; RISK; SUICIDE;

EID: 80054966620     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2011.08.026     Document Type: Article

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