Revisiting gender differences in somatic symptoms of depression: Much ado about nothing?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Delisle, Vanessa C ^a,b   Beck, Aaron T ^c   Dobson, Keith S ^d   Dozois, David J A ^e   Thombs, Brett D ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPETITE DISORDER; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; LOSS OF ENERGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; PSYCHOSOMATICS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DISINTEREST; SLEEP DISORDER; SYMPTOM; COGNITION; METHODOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COGNITION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW JERSEY; PENNSYLVANIA; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHIATRY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84857510388     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032490     Document Type: Article

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