Nature of sexual dysfunctions in major depressive disorder and its impact on quality of life

Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 365-370

  Thakurta, Rajarshi Guha ^a   Singh, Om Parkash ^b   Bhattacharya, Amit ^a   Mallick, Asim Kumar ^a   Ray, Paramita ^a   Sen, Sreyashi ^c   Das, Ranjan ^a  

^a BMCH   (India)

^b NRS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c IPGMER   (India)

Author keywords

Impairment; Major depressive disorder; Quality of life; Sexual dysfunctions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875917494     PISSN: 02537176     EISSN: 09751564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0253-7176.108222     Document Type: Article

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