Mapping melancholia: The continuing typological challenge for major depression

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 138, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 180-182

  Wakefield, Jerome C ^a,b,c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MELANCHOLIA; MOOD DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 84858287912     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2011.02.013     Document Type: Note

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