Bringing back melancholia

Bipolar Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-5

  Carroll, Bernard J ^a  

^a Pacific Behavioral Research Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Epistemology; Melancholia; Phenomenology

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGITATION; ANHEDONIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DRUG EFFICACY; EDITORIAL; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MELANCHOLIA; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS;

EID: 84856879051     PISSN: 13985647     EISSN: 13995618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-5618.2011.00972.x     Document Type: Editorial

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