The role played by depression associated with somatic symptomatology in accounting for the gender difference in the prevalence of depression

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 257-263

  Silverstein, B ^a   Edwards, T ^a   Gamma, A ^b   Ajdacic Gross, V ^b   Rossler, W ^b   Angst, J ^b  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PSYCHIATRY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Depression; Epidemiology; Gender; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; SWITZERLAND;

ADULT; AGED; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; SWITZERLAND;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84878422082     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-012-0540-7     Document Type: Article

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