"Clinical judgment" and the DSM-5 diagnosis of major depression

World Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 89-91

  Maj, Mario ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BEREAVEMENT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRITERION VARIABLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DSM-5; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE DATABASE; REVIEW;

EID: 84878546176     PISSN: 17238617     EISSN: 20515545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wps.20049     Document Type: Review

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