Differences Between early and late onset adult depression

Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2011, Pages 140-147

  Bukh, Jens Drachmann ^a   Bock, Camilla ^a   Vinberg, Maj ^a   Gether, Ulrik ^b   Kessing, Lars Vedel ^a  

^a Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Age of onset; Depression; Neuroticism; Personality disorder; Stressful life events

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN NORADRENALIN REUPTAKE INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSIS; ONSET AGE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREVALENCE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84859907555     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17450179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1745017901107010140     Document Type: Article

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